[Updated] X (Formerly Twitter) Down Again, Users Report Issues With App and Website

X (formerly Twitter) has suffered another outage, which likely began at around 8.30 pm IST, according to Downdetector. The downtime has seemingly caused the website to stop responding across browsers, while the X app on Android and iOS is failing to load content. The outage appears to be impacting users in India currently, per the data.

Update: The services have apparently been restored. Republic Tech could verify that X is now back up and running for multiple accounts. However, there is no acknowledgement from X or Elon Musk.

Outage reports on Downdetector spiked sharply, maxing out at over 4,500 at the time of writing. According to the watchdog, the website is severely impacted by the outage, but some users have reported disruption in services on their X app. The home feed and the timeline are not loading up on both the website and the app, with some users saying that previously loaded content is appearing even on multiple refreshes.

X has not publicly acknowledged the outage. It does not have a media communication department, so direct queries could not be sent.

Internet outages are most commonly caused by an overload or a glitch in the backend, preventing an uninterrupted flow. However, sometimes serious factors are at play. Previous outages have been attributed to DDoS (Distributed-Denial-of-Service) attacks, which are common cyberattack techniques to flood a server with more requests than it can handle, causing it to go kaput.

The reason behind the current outage is unclear and will remain so unless X acknowledges it and states what caused the disruption on Wednesday.