X users howl into the void as timelines fail to load

'All systems operational,' says status page – real life suggests otherwise

Elon Musk-owned social media platform X is experiencing an outage, with users worldwide reporting that their timelines no longer show the usual information flow.

X (formerly Twitter) does not have a status page to indicate what is up or down, although its Developer Platform Status page said: "All systems are operational." A glance at the incident history page shows that everything has been hunky dory so far in February.

However, for users expecting to see their timeline filled with the usual content, there is only emptiness. X.com appears to still be online, but the timeline is not loading.

X timeline not loading

Other users, according to xAI's Grok chatbot, have also experienced login failures, app or website load and refresh failures, and error messages across mobile apps and desktop.

The Register contacted the company to find out what happened, and how long the outage is likely to last, but we have yet to receive a response.

Problems started around 1300 UTC, and reports have flowed into the Downdetector website. The outage appears to be worldwide.

One user noted: "The world is temporarily a better place."

X was last knocked offline in November after an outage at Cloudflare, although the cause of today's issue is not yet revealed. With luck, Musk will explain when the service staggers back to its feet. Cloudflare told us it played no role in X's latest service interruption.

Several users of rival services reacted with glee to the platform's misfortune. One on Bluesky posted: "Good news."

Musk acquired Twitter in 2022 in a deal worth $44 billion. He dispensed with many employees and rebranded the company as X. The platform has since weathered an initial exodus of advertisers and users, as well as controversy after its AI chatbot, Grok, described itself as "MechaHitler" in 2025, which sent the X team scrambling to remove "inappropriate posts." ®