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Reddit Hit by Widespread Outage
6 Apr
Summary
- Over 14,000 users reported issues with the platform.
- Problems were mainly experienced with the mobile application and website.
- Reddit confirmed an issue was identified and a fix was being implemented.
Reddit encountered a widespread service disruption on Monday, impacting a large number of its users. Reports submitted to Downdetector.com indicated that over 14,000 users were experiencing issues with the platform.
The primary difficulties reported by users were related to the functionality of both the mobile application and the website. Initially, Reddit's status checker acknowledged an "elevated level of errors" and stated that the team was actively investigating the cause.
Following the investigation, the platform's status checker updated to confirm that the specific issue had been identified. At that point, Reddit announced that a fix was in the process of being implemented to restore full service to its users. The situation was ongoing as of the latest updates.
