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Original story (from August 21, 2019) follows:
Is Twitter not working for you? Well, if yes, find solace in the fact that you aren’t alone. The micro blogging service is currently down for a lot of users, and we can confirm this as well.
Here’s a screenshot showing the ‘Tweets aren’t loading now’ notification that currently appears:
Neither the Twitter app nor the website (both Desktop and Mobile) are working currently. When you access the mobile site, you currently get ‘Your connection is not private’ or ‘This connection is not private’, or ‘This site can’t be reached’.
On desktop, the notification ‘Something went wrong’ is displayed.
There is currently no information as to how widespread this issue is (we are located in India), although some reports say it’s a worldwide outage. Plus, no details on how much time will it take for the company to fix the problem.
Rest assured, we are keeping a close tab and will update this story with any newsworthy development that we come across. Until then, feel free to share your thoughts and observations in the comments section below.
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Update 1 (August 21,2019)
We can confirm Twitter is back up now.
Update 2 (December 17,2019)
We are now seeing a lot of reports on Down Detector (as service that reports info related to outages and similar issues) from Twitter users who say the service is down for them. Specifically, a lot of users say they are getting ‘Twitter is over capacity’ message. We are looking for more information, and will update the story as and when we have it.
Update 3 (August 28, 2021)
A lot of users reported that Twitter is down for them on downdetector.com for a short period of time. It seems the outage was limited to India and now Twitter is back up again.
We will update this with new information when something comes up so stay tuned.
Update 4 (February 14, 2022)
03:20 pm (IST): Twitter is down again or not working for many users across the globe. Reports on Downdector shows that most reports are from website users, while some app users are also having issues.
05:19 pm (IST): User reports on Downtector now suggest that the issue with Twitter has been resolved.
Update 5 (March 09, 2022)
06:10 pm (IST): Fresh user reports now suggest that Twitter is again down or not working for many users. Moreover, recent reports on Downdetector also confirm the same.
Update 6 (March 24, 2022)
04:55 pm (IST): Reports on Downdetector now suggest that the recent outage with Twitter is seemingly fixed.
Update 7 (May 27, 2022)
12:31 pm (IST): Many users are now reporting that Twitter is currently down or not working for them. Unfortunately, the support team has not yet acknowledged the issue.
Update 8 (May 30, 2022)
07:03 pm (IST): It appears that the recent outage with Twitter has now been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh user reports on Downdetector.
Update 9 (June 14, 2022)
09:34 am (IST): Many users are now reporting on Downdetector that Twitter is currently down or not working for them. And most reported problems are from the website users.
07:10 pm (IST): Reports on Downdetector now suggest that the recent issue with Twitter has now been resolved.
Update 10 (June 28, 2022)
05:40 pm (IST): Many users are now reporting (1, 2) that Twitter is currently down or not working for them. Moreover, they are getting ‘Nothing to see here’ error message.
Update 11 (June 30, 2022)
05:56 pm (IST): It appears that the recent issue with ‘Nothing to see here’ error message has now been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh user reports (1, 2) on Twitter.
Update 12 (July 14, 2022)
05:44 pm (IST): Many users have taken to Downdetector to report that Twitter is currently down or not working for them.
Update 13 (July 15, 2022)
10:23 am (IST): Reports on Downdetector have now diminished which suggests that the recent outage with Twitter has been resolved.
Update 14 (November 4, 2022)
11:29 am (IST): Some users are now reporting (1, 2) that Twitter is currently down or not working in India.
07:13 pm (IST): The recent outage with Twitter appears to have resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh reports.
Update 15 (November 18, 2022)
12:15 pm (IST): Reports on Twitter and Downdetector suggest that Twitter recently experienced an outage. However, things appear to be stabilizing now.
Update 16 (December 09, 2022)
10:09 am (IST): According to fresh reports (1, 2), Twitter is currently down or not working for a section of users. Those affected say that their feed is not loading.
Update 17 (December 11, 2022)
Twitter is down in pakistan from last 20 mins ?? Is it right ? (Source)
twitter down ke?? guna wifi tak leh load bila guna data baru boleh 👁️👄👁️ (Source)
Downdetector also indicates a spike in reports from users indicating that they are facing issues with Twitter.
Update 18 (December 16, 2022)
01:05 pm (IST): According to fresh reports (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Twitter is currently down or not working for a section of users.
Update 19 (December 19, 2022)
04:19 pm (IST): Reports on Downdetector now suggest that the recent outage with Twitter has been resolved.
Update 20 (December 29, 2022)
09:19 pm (IST): Recent reports suggest that Twitter users in certain territories have been facing performance issues in the last few hours (1, 2).
10:39 am (IST): Elon Musk has confirmed that they rolled out significant server architecture changes for Twitter that should improve its performance.
Significant backend server architecture changes rolled out. Twitter should feel faster. (Source)
Update 21 (January 03, 2023)
09:24 am (IST): Multiple reports (1, 2) now suggest that Twitter is currently down or not working for a section of users.
Update 22 (January 09, 2023)
11:38 am (IST): It seems that the recent outage with Twitter has now been resolved as there aren’t any fresh reports concerning the same.
Update 23 (January 13, 2023)
09:38 am (IST): Twitter API services appear to be down as multiple third-party Twitter clients and bots are not working for users around the world.
Update 24 (January 16, 2023)
07:15 pm (IST): After Elon Musk acquired Twitter, advertisers have reportedly reduced their spending on the platform by around 40-50%. Hence, the company is now offering advertisers incentives to woo brands back.
Update 25 (January 18, 2023)
08:37 pm (IST): The Twitter development team revealed that they are ‘enforcing its long-standing API rules’, which could affect third-party clients.
This seems to be the reason why multiple clients stopped working a few days ago. While this was thought to be an outage in the Twitter API, it appears to be an intentional change.
Update 26 (March 1, 2023)
03:51 pm (IST): According to fresh reports (1, 2, 3, 4), Twitter is currently down or not working for a section of users.
Furthermore, users are getting blank homepage or ‘Welcome to Twitter’ error message. You can check it out in the screengrab below.
Update 27 (March 2, 2023)
06:25 pm (IST): According to reports on Downdetector, the recent outage with Twitter has now been resolved.
Update 28 (March 21, 2023)
09:51 am (IST): Some users are now reporting (1, 2, 3, 4) that the service is not working as they are unable to use the search function.
Update 29 (March 22, 2023)
05:54 pm (IST): The recent outage with Twitter has now been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh reports concerning the same.
Update 30 (April 20, 2023)
11:38 am (IST): Proliferating reports on Downdetector indicate that Twitter is currently down or not working for a section of users.
06:04 pm (IST): The recent outage with Twitter has now been resolved.
Update 31 (April 21, 2023)
04:00 pm (IST): Some users appear to be facing issues with Twitter as indicated by a sudden spike in reports on Downdetector.
07:00 pm (IST): The outage has been resolved.
Update 32 (April 27, 2023)
09:48 am (IST): Twitter is currently down or not working for a section of users (1,2,3).
Update 33 (April 28, 2023)
04:08 pm (IST): We are happy to report that the Twitter outage that occurred recently has now been resolved, and there have been no fresh reports of the same issue.
Update 34 (May 23, 2023)
01:21 pm (IST): Multiple Twitter users are currently getting a ‘This page is down‘ error message when trying to access certain tweets or sections.
05:00 pm (IST): Reports related to the ‘This page is down’ error stopped coming out a few hours ago.
Update 35 (June 12, 2023)
01:29 pm (IST): According to fresh reports (1, 2, 3), Twitter is currently down or not working for a section of users.
05:57 pm (IST): The recent outage has now been fixed.
Update 36 (June 19, 2023)
12:16 pm (IST): Fresh reports indicate that Twitter is currently not working for some users (1, 2).
03:15 pm (IST): Reports related to the issue have stopped coming, so Twitter already seems to be working correctly.
Update 37 (July 2, 2023)
07:50 am (IST): For the past few hours, Twitter users have been hit with the ‘Rate limit exceeded’ error and aren’t able to view tweets. Of course, many have taken to Twitter (ironically) to poke fun at the situation.
me becoming one with nature after my rate limit exceeds: #RateLimitExceeded #goodbyetwitter (Source)
Me reading y’all tweets as fast as I can before Elon cuts me off. #RateLimitExceeded (Source)
Me returning to Bebo and Myspace after Elon Musk ruined Twitter 🤣😭. #RIPTwitter #RateLimitExceeded (Source)
Musk says that to tackle the issue, Twitter is now temporarily limiting the amount of tweets users can see.
Even though verified users apparently get a higher limit, some claim they aren’t able to see their own tweets now.
Update 38 (July 12, 2023)
10:11 am (IST): It seems that Twitter is currently down or not working for some users (1,2,3) as they are reportedly facing issues with the platform.
Update 39 (July 13, 2023)
08:39 am (IST): The latest Twitter server issues were present until a few hours ago, but now they seem to have been resolved.
Update 40 (August 14, 2023)
10:10 am (IST): Twitter is currently down for some users as they report that images and videos are not loading (1, 2, 3, 4) for them.
06:30 pm (IST): The recent outage has now been resolved.
Update 41 (August 23, 2023)
12:54 pm (IST): Twitter (X) appears to be down for a section of users as quote tweets or QRTs are not loading or showing up for them. More on that here.
Update 42 (August 29, 2023)
12:00 pm (IST): A number of Twitter (X) users are reporting that they are unable to log into the desktop or web version of the platform. They keep getting a ‘Nothing to see here’ error message (1,2,3,4,5,6).
06:20 pm (IST): Lack of fresh reports indicate that the web login is now working as usual.
Update 43 (September 26, 2023)
09:36 am (IST): Twitter search engine seems currently down since is throwing limited or no results.
02:18 pm (IST): Twitter search engine now seems to be working correctly again after some time.
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