X continues to suffer bugs following Thursday outage

For over 24 hours, users of X, formerly known as Twitter, have faced issues with the platform's basic functionality, such as loading messages and updating timelines. The problems began on Thursday afternoon, with Downdetector reporting thousands of user complaints about various bugs. X's Engineering account attributed the issues to a data center outage, which Wired reported might be linked to a fire at an X-leased data center near Portland, Oregon. The last significant disruption occurred in March, with previous outages in December 2022 and July 2023.

Since Elon Musk acquired X in 2022, the company has faced several challenges, including a drastic reduction in workforce from 7,500 to 1,300 employees, with only 550 full-time engineers as of January 2023. Another round of layoffs in November 2024 further impacted the engineering department. Additionally, X has reportedly faced security issues, such as improperly configured servers that could expose the site to denial of service attacks.

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X users have been experiencing issues with basic functionality due to a data center outage, acknowledged by X's Engineering account.
A fire at an X-leased data center near Portland, Oregon, may be related to the ongoing outages.
X has faced multiple service disruptions since Musk's acquisition, with significant layoffs impacting the engineering department.
Security issues have been reported at X, potentially leaving the site vulnerable to attacks.

X continues to suffer bugs following Thursday outage | TechCrunch

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