Bluesky Partial Outage Hits Users Worldwide

Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform, experienced a partial outage on Thursday, April 16, 2026, disrupting access to feeds and notifications for users worldwide. The issue began in the early morning hours Eastern Time, with thousands of reports flooding outage trackers starting around 2:30 a.m. ET, affecting regions including the United States, United Kingdom, and parts of Europe.

According to Bluesky's official status page, engineers were investigating a service disruption in one of its regions, confirming that some systems were down while fixes were implemented. By midmorning Pacific Time, the platform noted early signs of recovery, though many users and services remained impacted. Users reported blank timelines, continuous loading loops, error messages such as "Failed to load feeds" or "Unable to connect," and difficulties refreshing posts or accessing the Explore tab. While login and profile access generally worked, core features like real-time content consumption were severely limited, rendering the platform largely unusable for its primary functions.

The outage stemmed from a technical issue tied to an upstream service provider, according to status updates,...