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This story lists details corresponding to multiple outages that happened today. Scroll down to see info on the outage you are looking for.

Lloyds bank service outage

After Wells Fargo had a major outage late last week, now it’s coming to light that Lloyds bank’s app and website are not working at the moment. Customers are taking to social media platforms to share the issues they are facing.

Here are some reports:

https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/1094895398249000961
https://twitter.com/rachel_bassy/status/1094871804181663744
https://twitter.com/Earbashingdrawl/status/1094901478106517505
https://twitter.com/Rich5ltr/status/1094905124982611968

For its part, the bank say they are aware of the problem.

The following set of tweets suggest there could be a DNS issue:

https://twitter.com/kooky_uk/status/1094893050382508032
https://twitter.com/kooky_uk/status/1094898630803275776
https://twitter.com/barton_paul/status/1094901449400688640

Here is some more analysis on the ongoing issue:

https://twitter.com/chrismckee/status/1094898236756758528
https://twitter.com/lazy_frankie/status/1094902282460659714

Beachbody On Demand outage

Meanwhile, it’s also coming to light that the beachbody on demand service is down at the moment.

https://twitter.com/RyanCo_/status/1094909540548702209
https://twitter.com/geburgess/status/1094909106316591104
https://twitter.com/joelmd70/status/1094908572234928128

The team behind the service hasn’t said anything at the moment. We’ll update the story as and when we have more information on the matter.

Spotify not working on PS4 and xbox

It’s now coming to light that music streaming service Spotify is currently acting glitchy for users of Sony PS4 and Microsoft Xbox gaming consoles.

Here are a few reports:

https://twitter.com/gotfigment/status/1095021907953569799?s=19
https://twitter.com/AjTheKid1999/status/1095019096478019584?s=19
https://twitter.com/Dip253/status/1095018953653530625?s=19
https://twitter.com/iixMalaikaxii/status/1095017004673597440?s=19

We haven’t come across an official word from any of the parties involved, but rest assured as we are keeping a good watch, and will update the story as soon as we notice something news worthy.

Update 1

Here’s what Spotify suggests:

Here’s the translated version of the company’s response:

In this case, we recommend you logout and restart, also restart the router and finally restart the application

Do try this out, and let us know your experience.

Update 2

Microsoft says they are in touch with Spotify over the matter:

Meanwhile, Spotify says the matter is being investigated:

spotify-investigating-xbox-ps4-issue

For details, head here.

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