Friday’s Outage Marks Second Down for X This Week
X experienced another significant outage on Friday morning, marking the second disruption in one week. Users started reporting issues around 10:30 a.m. ET, according to DownDetector, a popular platform for monitoring service interruptions.
Widespread Issues Across the U.S.
As problems began to mount, DownDetector indicated a nationwide impact. Users from various regions reported difficulty accessing the site. Many received error messages, such as “Connection timed out Error code 522,” when attempting to load the platform through their browsers. The app managed to open, but it failed to display new content.
Impact of Other Outages
This outage coincided with reports of a Cloudflare interruption, which could suggest a broader issue affecting multiple services. Data from DownDetector indicated a simultaneous surge in reports related to Grok and AWS outages.
- Time of Outage: Started around 10:30 a.m. ET
- Outage Tracker: DownDetector
- Related Services Affected: Cloudflare, Grok, AWS
Past Outages
This incident is reminiscent of a significant Cloudflare outage that occurred in November, which affected large sections of the internet. Previous disruptions were not attributed to malicious attacks, and there is no current evidence to suggest this latest issue is criminal in nature. El-Balad has reached out to X for further comment on the situation.
