Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (formerly known as X) experienced its second major global outage in as many days on Saturday, May 24, 2025, leaving thousands of users worldwide unable to access feeds, send direct messages, or log into their accounts. The disruption comes just one day after a similar outage plagued the platform on Friday.
According to Downdetector , over 25,000 incidents were reported globally, with the spike beginning around 8 AM ET. In India alone, 2,212 outage reports were logged by 6:20 PM IST, with 49% of users experiencing app-related issues, 30% facing login problems, and 21% reporting website access difficulties.
X outage in the US, India, and multiple other countries, this is what the engineering team has to say
The outage affected users across multiple countries including the United States, India, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Peru, Malaysia, and Germany. Global internet monitor NetBlocks confirmed this was the second international outage for X users within a week, clarifying that the issues were not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering.
X Engineering team post: "Our team is working 24/7 to resolve this. Thanks for your patience—updates soon. The issues continue from yesterday's data centre outage. This has caused login and sign-up issues for some users. Some might not be able to access notifications, and Premium features are affected as well."
Company acknowledges ongoing data center problems
X's engineering team confirmed that Saturday's outage was connected to ongoing data center issues that began the previous day. The company acknowledged that users were experiencing performance problems, login difficulties, notification access issues, and disrupted Premium features.
Earlier the engineering team had posted during the last outage, "X is aware some of our users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today. We are experiencing a data centre outage and the team is actively working to remediate the issue."
The current outages reportedly stem from a fire that broke out in an X-owned Oregon data center on Thursday morning. According to Wired, multiple sources confirmed the fire involved batteries in one of the data center's rooms and required an extended emergency response. While Friday's outage appeared relatively contained, Saturday's disruption proved more widespread and severe.
X has not provided specific timelines for resolution, with the company's engineering team only stating they are working around the clock to address the infrastructure problems that have now impacted the platform for two consecutive days.
According to Downdetector , over 25,000 incidents were reported globally, with the spike beginning around 8 AM ET. In India alone, 2,212 outage reports were logged by 6:20 PM IST, with 49% of users experiencing app-related issues, 30% facing login problems, and 21% reporting website access difficulties.
X outage in the US, India, and multiple other countries, this is what the engineering team has to say
The outage affected users across multiple countries including the United States, India, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Peru, Malaysia, and Germany. Global internet monitor NetBlocks confirmed this was the second international outage for X users within a week, clarifying that the issues were not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering.
We're still experiencing issues from yesterday's data center outage. Login and signup services are unavailable for some users, and there may be delays in notifications and Premium features.
— Engineering (@XEng) May 24, 2025
Our team is working 24/7 to resolve this. Thanks for your patience—updates soon.
X Engineering team post: "Our team is working 24/7 to resolve this. Thanks for your patience—updates soon. The issues continue from yesterday's data centre outage. This has caused login and sign-up issues for some users. Some might not be able to access notifications, and Premium features are affected as well."
Company acknowledges ongoing data center problems
X's engineering team confirmed that Saturday's outage was connected to ongoing data center issues that began the previous day. The company acknowledged that users were experiencing performance problems, login difficulties, notification access issues, and disrupted Premium features.
X is aware some of our users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today. We are experiencing a data center outage and the team is actively working to remediate the issue.
— Engineering (@XEng) May 22, 2025
Earlier the engineering team had posted during the last outage, "X is aware some of our users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today. We are experiencing a data centre outage and the team is actively working to remediate the issue."
The current outages reportedly stem from a fire that broke out in an X-owned Oregon data center on Thursday morning. According to Wired, multiple sources confirmed the fire involved batteries in one of the data center's rooms and required an extended emergency response. While Friday's outage appeared relatively contained, Saturday's disruption proved more widespread and severe.
X has not provided specific timelines for resolution, with the company's engineering team only stating they are working around the clock to address the infrastructure problems that have now impacted the platform for two consecutive days.
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