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Yahoo and AOL Suffer Widespread Outage as Users See 'Too Many Requests' Errors

Yahoo says its teams are investigating reports of access errors across services.

Overview

  • Real-time tracker Downdetector logged roughly 17,000 reports for Yahoo at the peak, with thousands more for Yahoo Mail and AOL.
  • Users reported the recurring message “Edge: Too many requests,” including on Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Finance and the Yahoo homepage.
  • Yahoo acknowledged that some users are having trouble accessing its services and said updates will follow, but it has not identified a cause.
  • Early social responses from the Yahoo Mail X account asked affected users to send direct messages with details rather than issuing a broader status update.
  • Coverage describes a developing, multi-service disruption, and outlets advised basic troubleshooting such as refreshing pages, clearing cache or trying alternate apps and networks.