X (Formerly Twitter) Outage on May 24, 2025: What Happened?

On May 24, 2025, millions of users across the globe were unable to access X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The widespread disruption led to a surge in complaints, memes, and confusion across other platforms like Instagram and Reddit. Here’s a breakdown of what happened, when, and what X has said so far. --- What Was Affected? Users were unable to log in Timeline and tweets were not loading DMs, notifications, and hashtags failed to function Outage occurred on both mobile and web versions --- Timeline of the Outage (GMT): Time Event Description 05:10 AM First user reports begin on DownDetector 05:30 AM Outage confirmed in US, Europe, and parts of Asia 06:00 AM Hashtags like #TwitterDown trend globally 06:30 AM X issues a short tweet via @XSupport (via API) 07:00 AM Engineers begin rolling out a partial fix 08:15 AM Services begin restoring for selected users 09:30 AM X confirms full global restoration completed --- What Caused the Outage? X's technical team cited a critical failure in one of its global data centers. A sudden load spike triggered failover mechanisms that didn’t activate as expected, leading to cascading issues across multiple services. --- User Reaction Memes and complaints flooded Reddit, Threads, and Instagram. Many professionals reported interruptions in marketing and customer service. Several users believed it might be a cyberattack, but X denied any security breach. --- Official Statement from X >

“Earlier today, X experienced unexpected technical issues caused by infrastructure imbalance at one of our core data centers. The issue has been resolved and services are back online. We apologize for the inconvenience.” --- Should Users Be Concerned? While short outages are not uncommon, the scale and timing of this one raised concerns about X's resilience and infrastructure management post its transformation under Elon Musk’s leadership. --- What’s Next? X is expected to publish a post-mortem report within the next 48 hours. Experts advise businesses and influencers dependent on the platform to have backup communication channels in place.