Following a rebranding to X under the new ownership of Elon Musk, Twitter encountered a disruption this afternoon, leaving users confronted with error messages when attempting to access the platform.
Various websites facilitating user-reported incidents with popular online services indicate a global occurrence of issues, with users in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Turkey, United States, and Indonesia all facing challenges.
While some individuals managed brief logins, they soon found the service inaccessible again, whereas others noted sluggish performance upon accessing X.
Reports from users now confirm that accessing the X social media platform has been restored.
This marks the second significant technical setback for Twitter this week, following a previous outage on Tuesday.
Earlier in the week, X users in the UK and the US encountered difficulties with the social media platform, as seen by over 7,500 reports on the Downdetector website in the UK and more than 25,000 in the US, particularly spiking around 2 pm.
According to the UK-based Downdetector website, reports surged around 3 pm, peaking at 14,897 before gradually decreasing, although recent trends suggest a resurgence in reports.
Cloudflare, a San Francisco-based American internet security firm specializing in services like cybersecurity and shielding websites from DDoS attacks, is involved in the technical aspects of the errors.
The occurrence of the 522 error indicates failures or delays in communication between the host website and Cloudflare’s systems.
The issues appear to be widespread, as indicated by reports from various countries like India, South Africa, Spain, Belgium, and Singapore on downforeveryoneorjustme.com.
downdetector.co.uk reflects a surge in user complaints around 3 pm today, with numerous reports from the UK and other global users facing similar challenges.
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