Elon Musk App Issues Continue to Plague Users
X (Twitter) Experiences Brief Outage Following Recent Instability
X (formerly Twitter) experienced a brief service disruption on January 22, 2026, at approximately 18:00 Spanish peninsular time, following a major outage three days prior and a separate incident within the last two weeks. Users in Spain reported issues with the app’s functionality.
According to Downdetector, a website that tracks service reports, the number of reported issues peaked and then quickly subsided.As of 18:55 Spanish time, reports on Downdetector were nearing minimal levels, indicating a return to normal operation.
This marks the third service interruption for the platform owned by Elon musk in under two weeks. While less severe than the January 19, 2026 outage, the frequency of these incidents is unusual.
On January 19, 2026, X experienced a widespread outage impacting users in Spain, as reported by 20minutos.es.