Online service X temporarily experienced interruptions
X Platform, Elon Musk's Formerly Known as Twitter, Experiences Temporary Disruption
Austin, Texas — Elon Musk's online platform, X, faced temporary disruptions, as reported by thousands of users on platforms such as "alloutages.de" around 3 p.m., with over 2,500 incidents recorded across the network. By late afternoon, the number of reported outages started to decrease.
Network monitoring firm Netblocks, which tracks internet disruptions, reported outages for some users for the second time this week. These global outages were not linked to internet disruptions or filtering in specific countries. The exact cause of the outage remains unclear.
Although speculation persists about potential data center issues, it remains unconfirmed. Elon Musk hinted at operational improvements needed for the failover redundancy systems, suggesting recent challenges with system reliability. This incident followed another significant outage in late March, which Musk had attributed to a "massive cyberattack."
It is essential to note that the outage was not limited to the Austin area but affected users nationwide. Furthermore, while Elon Musk mentioned Tesla's unsupervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) system was being implemented in Austin, this is unrelated to the X platform outage.
Some confusion surrounds the involvement of a firm named "Netblocks" in the reporting process, as available information references "DownDetector" and "Downdetector.com" as the tools used to track the outage.
Reports on the technology-related news platform DownDetector revealed an increase in user reports about X Platform, Elon Musk's online platform, encountering temporary disruptions around 3 p.m. Despite speculation about possible data center issues, the exact cause of these technology-related outages remains uncertain.
