However, Twitter seems to be recovering from technical problems that prevented people from tweeting. problems with DMsand access to TweetDeck apparently persist. Inactivity Detector Reports that the problems started around 4:30 pm ET, and the unlimited ability to tweet came back around an hour and a half later.
He the company has said is aware of existing problems and is working to fix them.
The tweets were visible during the partial outage, but several Edge Staff members received a message saying they were “over the daily tweet limit” when they tried to repost or retweet someone else’s post. Some Twitter users said they were able to fix the bug by scheduling future tweets.
There are still some problems with the service. I am currently unable to reliably use direct messages or notifications, follow new accounts, or use TweetDeck. Gonna tweetdeck.twitter.com It shows a login button (it shouldn’t, since I’m already logged into Twitter), and clicking it makes the screen blank before refreshing the page.
It’s currently unclear what caused the issues; even the engineers at Twitter are reportedly still not sure what happened. according Information. The report says that it has been suggested that a change led to web requests being misdirected. Musk reportedly sent an email to Twitter employees asking them to halt work on new features “in favor of maximizing system stability and robustness, especially with the Super Bowl approaching.”
This happens because Twitter is probably preparing for a big change. Last week, the company announced that it would mostly turn off free access for its API starting tomorrow, and that making changes to a core system could have unintended consequences. However, during the partial outage, the Twitter Dev account announced that the current free tier would be available until February 13. He also shared some details about
Update Wednesday, February 8, 6:27 pm ET: Updated to reflect that you can once again send tweets.
Update Wednesday, February 8, 7:27 pm ET: Updated to add Twitter’s announcement about the free API tier and Musk’s request that Twitter employees pause development.
