Elon Musk’s social media platform, X and leading internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare suffered a major outage on Tuesday, leaving thousands of users across the United States, India, Nigeria, and several other countries unable to access services.
According to Downdetector.com, disruptions on X were first detected around 4:36 pm IST, with complaints rapidly rising as users struggled to load timelines, publish posts, or use essential platform features.
The downtime affected both the mobile and web versions, preventing many users from refreshing feeds or logging into their accounts.
As of press time, X had not released any official explanation regarding the cause or scale of the service disruption.
Cloudflare, whose network supports a vast number of websites and online applications, also reported major technical difficulties.
The company confirmed on its status page Tuesday morning that it was already looking into the issue.
The outage immediately sparked concerns about the broader implications for platforms relying on Cloudflare’s services.
“We are working to understand the full impact and mitigate this problem. More updates to follow shortly,” the company said in its first update.
A similar disruption hit X in May, as earlier reported by The PUNCH, when users were unable to access both the app and website due to a widespread outage around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 24.
In another major incident in October, a global internet outage linked to a technical fault at Amazon Web Services crippled numerous websites, apps, and online services.
Reports from BBC and CNN Business indicated that platforms such as Amazon, Snapchat, Roblox, Disney+, Canva, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, McDonald’s, Hulu, Fortnite, and several international banking services, including Lloyds Bank, were among those affected.
Downdetector recorded more than four million user reports from over 500 companies during that event, marking it as one of the most significant cloud-service outages in recent years.
