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MON · 2026-02-16 · 18:30 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0216-16743
News/User Issues With X Appear to Have Resolved
NSR-2026-0216-16743News Report·EN·Technology

User Issues With X Appear to Have Resolved

On Monday, February 16, 2026, users reported issues with the social media platform X, including problems with the website and app. Reports of disruptions began around 8 a.m.

Claire MosesNew York Times - WorldFiled 2026-02-16 · 18:30 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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On Monday, February 16, 2026, users reported issues with the social media platform X, including problems with the website and app. Reports of disruptions began around 8 a.m. Eastern time, according to the outage tracker DownDetector. By midmorning, around 10 a.m. Eastern, most of the reported problems appeared to be resolved. The cause of the disruption to X was not immediately clear. Cloudflare, a tech company providing services for apps and websites, reported a minor issue but stated it did not appear to be affecting client services and denied any outages.

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Cloudflare said it was experiencing a minor issue but that it did not appear to be affecting its services for clients.

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Reports of problems began shortly after 8 a.m. Eastern.

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Users reported issues with websites and apps, including X, early Monday.

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Most problems appeared to have resolved by midmorning.

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The social media site was the subject of user complaints early Monday.Feb. 16, 2026Updated 12:21 p.m. ETUsers reported issues with websites and apps, including X, early Monday, according to the online outage tracker DownDetector, but most problems appeared to have resolved by midmorning.It was not immediately clear on Monday morning what caused the disruption for X. Reports of problems began shortly after 8 a.m. Eastern, according to DownDetector, and appeared to be mostly resolved by 10 a.m. Earlier in the morning, Cloudflare, a tech company that provides a wide range of services for apps and websites, said it was experiencing a minor issue but that it did not appear to be affecting its services for clients. A spokeswoman for the company said there had been no outages on Monday. A correction was made onFeb. 16, 2026: An earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to the issues Cloudflare reported. It said it had detected an issue potentially affecting its services; it did not report any outage.Claire Moses is a Times reporter in London, focused on coverage of breaking and trending news.
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