X down: Thousands affected as Elon Musk’s X reports huge outage

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**Summary:**

X (formerly Twitter) experienced a significant outage on Friday afternoon, affecting tens of thousands of users, primarily on the app and website. The outage, which caused 503 errors, coincided with Elon Musk’s departure from his official role as a Special Government Employee while also announcing he will lead austerity efforts for the government. Reports of the outage significantly decreased within about half an hour. There were also brief spikes in reported issues in India around the same time.

**News Article:**

**X (Twitter) Suffers Widespread Outage, Coinciding with Musk’s Departure from Government Role**

**[City, State] –** X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, experienced a major outage on Friday afternoon, leaving tens of thousands of users unable to access the app or website. According to Downdetector, reports of outages peaked at over 34,000 around 4:19 p.m. ET, with users experiencing 503 errors.

The X Developer Platform status page confirmed a site-wide outage as of 4:20 p.m. ET, stating users might encounter errors while trying to access timelines, tweets, DMs, or create tweets. The majority of reported issues stemmed from problems with the X app (61%) and the website interface (38%). Some users reported seeing a “Welcome to X!” message when attempting to log in.

By 4:42 p.m. ET, the number of reported outages had decreased to approximately 1,500, suggesting the issue was being resolved.

The outage coincided with Elon Musk, the owner of X, appearing at the White House to announce his departure from the Department of Government Efficiency. While leaving his official role, Musk announced he will lead an austerity team focused on eliminating fraud and waste in the federal budget.

Around 7:00 PM IST, approximately 25 users in India reported issues with the platform. Simultaneously, service disruption reports in the United States spiked, with over 400 users flagging problems.

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