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More than 35,000 people reported being unable to load or refresh their X feeds on Monday morning, coinciding with a Cloudflare alert warning of “increased error rates and latency” across several of its services. The Elon Musk‑owned platform appeared to recover within about 45 minutes.
A rep for Cloudflare told Newsweek, regarding the issues on its platform: "Cloudflare is not currently experiencing a global outage. The only issue we’re aware of is that Zayo, a network provider, is experiencing an outage on some of its network routes. That may cause some sites using Zayo exclusively to be unreachable, whether they use Cloudflare or not. We are seeing evidence Zayo’s network is recovering and expect errors to be short lived."
Below is a breakdown of how the morning unfolded across the affected platforms.
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X Outage:
Nearly 36,000 users reported issues with X between 9:45 a.m. and 10 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector, marking one of the platform’s sharpest spikes in recent months. Complaints centered on frozen timelines, feeds that refused to refresh and an app that would not load at all.
By 10:26 a.m., reports had fallen to just over 2,000 as service gradually returned. The outage also reignited the long‑running debate over the platform’s stability under Musk, with users quickly migrating to Meta Platforms' Threads to share screenshots and commentary.
Reddit Outage:
Reddit saw a smaller but noticeable surge in problem reports, peaking at 2,864. Users cited slow page loads, missing comment threads and intermittent errors when attempting to access subreddits.
While the disruption was brief, it added to the sense of a broader, multi‑platform wobble occurring simultaneously across the internet.
Zoom Outage:
Reports of issues with Zoom climbed to more than 3,200 on Monday morning. Users described difficulties joining meetings, audio dropouts, and frozen screens.
The spike was short‑lived, but any interruption to Zoom’s service window—especially during morning business hours—tends to ripple across workplaces and schools.
Microsoft Teams Outage:
Microsoft Teams logged more than 1,400 problem reports, primarily tied to login failures and stalled message syncing.
Teams outages often mirror broader connectivity issues because of its integration with Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem, making Monday’s timing notable given the parallel disruptions elsewhere.
Fortnite Outage:
Gamers also reported problems with Fortnite, though at a lower volume than the major social and productivity platforms.
Complaints included matchmaking errors and login failures, consistent with the kind of instability that can occur when upstream infrastructure providers experience disruptions.
When Service Returned
By late morning, most platforms appeared to have stabilized. X’s outage was resolved in about 45 minutes, and Cloudflare said its fix was being actively rolled out. Reddit, Zoom and Microsoft Teams also saw their problem reports fall quickly after peaking.
While the exact cause of the synchronized disruptions remains unclear, the timing suggests a shared infrastructure strain rather than unrelated platform‑specific failures.
Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Kate Nalepinski, Shakeema Edwards, and Anthony Murray.
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