X Faces Multiple Outages in Past Week

Social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, recovered for most users in the United States following a brief outage on Friday, marking the latest in a series of disruptions that have plagued the service over the past week. The incident, which peaked with more than 20,500 user reports of problems, largely resolved by late morning, according to data from Downdetector, a website that aggregates outage reports from various sources.

The Friday disruption followed closely on the heels of a major global outage on Thursday, when thousands of users worldwide reported difficulties accessing X. Reports surged from regions including the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, with many describing frozen timelines, unrefreshing posts, and inability to load profiles. The error message displayed to affected users read, "Something went wrong. Try reloading." Problems were most prevalent on the mobile app, though the desktop version also faced issues for some. As of Thursday afternoon, access remained intermittent for certain users, but Downdetector data indicated gradual stabilization.

This Thursday event represented the third significant outage for X in just four days. On Tuesday, the...