Cloudflare confirmed the issue is affecting its global network, which is causing outages on X, ChatGPT, Canva, and, ironically, Downdetector.

Rest in peace, Twitter. X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, will retire its old domain. This comes with a warning for you: If you don't update your account's security settings soon, you could be locked out.

Although X has had its share of service interruptions in the past year, this incident appears to be tied to a wider Cloudflare failure rather than a platform-specific problem. Cloudflare powers core infrastructure for some of the world’s biggest websites.

X, formerly known as Twitter, is down and not loading properly on both the app and desktop version this November 18.

Common issues that might cause an internet outage include physical damage to internet infrastructure during construction, servers crashing or overheating, and even accidental misconfigurations —like it happened during the Facebook outage in 2021.

“X,” the site formerly known as Twitter, has been bleeding users (and advertisers) since Elon Musk took over the site and made many unpopular changes. The slow migration has exploded into an exodus to Bluesky, a competing microblogging platform that ...

Last year, I left Twitter gradually, then all at once. Throughout 2024, Elon Musk’s wildly irresponsible stewardship of his social network—I refuse to call it X—left me increasingly disengaged. But the role he played in Donald Trump’s reelection proved to be my breaking point. As of this week, it’s been a year since my last tweet.

Countless X users didn’t start their Monday mornings off on a high note. Elon Musk‘s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, experienced an outage on March 10, 2025, with many users complaining about loading issues. As the hours ticked by ...

Popular social network X (aka Twitter) is having significant issues with users unable to log in. This is our ongoing coverage and status updates of the situation.