Subj : X is down here's what we know about the major outage
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Nov 18 2025 12:15:09

X is down here's what we know about the major outage

Date:
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:02:35 +0000

Description:
X seems to be having a major outage today here's what we know so far.

FULL STORY
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The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, seems to be having a very 
rough day, with thousands reporting that it's down for them. 

The first spike in reported problems on Downdetector happened at around 
6.08am ET / 11.08am ET, with over 3,800 reports in the UK and over 11,000 in 
the US. 

There's been no official acknowledgement of issues from X yet, but it could 
be related to problems at Cloudflare, which says it's its global network is 
"experiencing issues". 

Here's everything we know about the outage so far... X seems to be down for 
everyone (Image credit: Downdetector) 

X is definitely having a major outage today, with tens of thousands reporting 
the issue on Downdetector. 

At the time of writing, there are 11,150 reports in the US and 3,895 in the 
UK on Downdetector. The issues are affecting both the mobile app and web 
browser version, with both showing a "posts aren't loading right now" message 
for me. 

The culprit could well be Cloudflare, which says its global network is 
"experiencing issues"... Is Cloudflare to blame? (Image credit: Cloudflare) 

One of the potential culprits for today's issues on X is Cloudflare it's seen 
a simultaneous spike on Downdetector, with over 7,000 reports in the UK and 
over 4,000 in the US. 

Ironically, even Downdetector itself (which uses Cloudflare) was experiencing 
issues for a short period. 

Cloudflare has also posted the notice above saying that it's "continuing to 
investigate" an issue impacting multiple customers. In fact, it seems to be 
growing, with Cloudflare reporting "widespread 500 errors" with "Cloudflare 
Dashboard and API also failing". 

Let's hope this one isn't too widespread...



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/live/x-is-down-november-18


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