Reddit Experiences Outage Affecting Thousands of Users Following Software Bug Fix

On Thursday, Reddit experienced a significant outage affecting thousands of users. This service interruption occurred immediately after the company resolved a software bug that had prevented tens of thousands of users from accessing the platform one day prior.

Outage tracking site Downdetector.com recorded over 70,000 reports of interruptions from Reddit users. Downdetector aggregates outage data from various sources, including direct user feedback, to compile status reports.

Reddit, a popular social media platform, had addressed a software issue on Wednesday, aiming to fix a problem that restricted user access. However, the following day, users faced new challenges as they were unable to access the site.

The number of outages reported on Downdetector.com indicated a widespread issue. The peak in reports suggested that the problem was significant and affected a large portion of the Reddit community.

The company has not yet provided an explanation regarding the cause of the outage on Thursday or the measures taken to resolve the issue. Users wishing to engage with the Reddit platform had to wait for the service disruption to be resolved.