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X Suffers Global Outage on March 18, Disrupting Feeds, Posts and Logins

No cause has been announced, with monitoring sites corroborating a widespread failure reflected in search trends.

Overview

  • Users worldwide reported failures on mobile and web, with early reports in Mexico and other regions confirmed by international outlets.
  • Downdetector logged a sharp spike in error reports, indicating a platform-wide issue rather than isolated user problems.
  • Common issues included timelines failing to load, inability to publish posts or send messages, login errors, and missing multimedia.
  • X had not issued an explanation at publication time; specialists said simultaneous multi‑region outages typically stem from internal infrastructure problems.
  • Service is expected to return gradually over the coming hours based on past incidents, though no restoration timeline was provided.