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Reddit recovers after brief outage hits 30,000+ users

Social media giant Reddit bounced back on Tuesday after a temporary outage disrupted access for tens of thousands of users, according to Downdetector

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Muscat: The outage, which peaked with 30,817 reported issues, left users unable to access the platform or use its core features. Tracking site Downdetector.com flagged the disruption, which rapidly gained attention online.

By 3:31 p.m. ET, the number of impacted users had dropped significantly to 529, signaling a swift recovery. Reddit confirmed on its official status page that the issue had been resolved following an investigation into what it described as “elevated errors.” While the platform is now stable, the exact cause of the outage remains unclear.

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