The social network X, formerly Twitter, has returned to normal this Friday afternoon after an hour-long outage in several countries, including the United States, Spain, and Colombia. This marks the second disruption in less than a week, with causes still unknown. The issue also impacted xAI's Grok chatbot.
The social network X regained normal operations around 17:00 hours (16:00 GMT) on Friday, January 16, 2026, following an approximately one-hour outage. Users in the United States, Spain, and Colombia reported issues with both the mobile app and web version, according to Downdetector data, which logged over 4,000 global reports. Specifically, more than 50,000 U.S. users and about 600 in Colombia notified problems.
When attempting to access, the platform displayed the message: "posts are not loading at the moment" and suggested trying again, to no avail. This incident follows another on the previous Tuesday, when X was down globally for a similar hour-long period.
Additionally, the Grok chatbot, developed by xAI, stopped functioning normally in Spain, the United States, and several Latin American countries. According to Variety, the issues originated from Cloudflare, a cybersecurity services provider, though exact causes remain unknown.
Reports highlight user frustration, but no official statements from X are available in the sources.
