X Down: Users Unable To Visit Outgoing Web Pages as Elon Musk-Run Platform Faces Outage, 'This Page Is Down' Error Message Appearing

New Delhi, December 14: Elon Musk-run X suffered an outage where clicking on links resulted in an error message and users were unable to visit the outgoing web pages. The problem with the URL redirect, that captures activity before sending users on their way to those URLs sent them to an error page instead.

“This page is down. I scream. You scream. We all scream... for us to fix this page. We’ll stop making jokes and get things up and running soon,” read the error message. The issue was fixed later but there was no official work from X or Musk on what triggered the problem. Elon Musk-Run X Sees Ad Share Nosediving, May Miss Internal Target of USD 3 Billion.

It seems that the platform’s legacy short-link redirection tool, t.co, was broken, according to reports. Earlier this year, X has similar issues when clicking links within tweets didn’t work, and for several users, images wouldn’t load throughout their timelines. 'Tesla Autopilot Saves Lives', Says Woman as She Shares Video of Tesla Car Preventing Collision With Truck Drifting Towards It.

“Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now. We made an internal change that had some unintended consequences. We’re working on this now and will share an update when it’s fixed,” the company had posted. Musk later clarified that it was a “small API change” that had “massive ramifications.” “A small API change had massive ramifications. The code stack is extremely brittle for no good reason. Will ultimately need a complete rewrite,” the X owner had posted.