Downdetector.com has shown that the platform X experienced an outage for thousands of users in the United States today. The website, which tracks outages by collecting reports from various sources, reported over 13,900 reports of issues with the social media platform during the morning hours in the eastern United States. This week, X faced a service outage caused by an unusual surge in traffic, which led to malfunctions in Cloudflare's net.dot.internet network, a company that provides internet infrastructure.
X Outage in the United States Affects Thousands of Users
The platform X faced a major outage in the US, with over 13,900 user complaints reported. The cause was an unusual surge in traffic, causing issues with the network of internet provider Cloudflare.