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‘Did Twitter lock themselves out of their own API?’ asks social media users after error breaks site links, photos
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- Twitter broke down for 45 minutes today, where users were temporarily unable to access links to outside websites
- The error message did not only appear when one clicked on news articles and other outbound links
- There were more than 8,000 Twitter outage reports around noon on Monday
Twitter broke down for 45 minutes today, where users were temporarily unable to access links to outside websites and even to Twitter’s own webpages from the social media network. “#TwitterDown” “#TwitterAPI” and “Did Twitter” started trending on the social media site.
When they tried clicking any link on the site, the following error message, “Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint, please see https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api for more information, code: 467” came up.
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It was still possible to view tweets in a browser tab. The error message also showed while loading any Twitter page in a browser’s incognito mode.
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Here are a few reactions from Twitterati:
DID TWITTER LOCK THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR OWN API #twitterdown pic.twitter.com/8fLMUgn1ek
— DripMarvel (@drip_marvel1)
NO FUCKING WAY DID TWITTER LOCK THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR OWN API HOLY FUCK THIS IS THE FUNNIEST SHIT I'VE EVER SEEN #TwitterDown pic.twitter.com/BOoMGc34uR
— Jack ❁ (@KingLux83)
Some frustrated users also blamed Elon Musk and pointed out how Twitter kept crashing after the Tesla Owner took over the site.
Elon Musk seen messing up twitter every alternate days.#twitterdown #twitterapi
Did twitter pic.twitter.com/Inc6pA2Yde— 👑Che_ಕೃಷ್ಣ🇮🇳💛❤️ (@ChekrishnaCk) March 6, 2023
Hm, when did Twitter start being so brittle? pic.twitter.com/XsLVMbZos0
— Alexander Demling (He/Him) (@alexdemling) March 6, 2023
Elon musk just ruined Twitter
Images, pictures, videos not loading
#TwitterDown twitter api
Did twitter pic.twitter.com/YpCu5hvHvF— 👑Che_ಕೃಷ್ಣ🇮🇳💛❤️ (@ChekrishnaCk)
Elon musk just ruined Twitter
Images, pictures, videos not loading
#TwitterDown twitter api
Did twitter pic.twitter.com/YpCu5hvHvF— 👑Che_ಕೃಷ್ಣ🇮🇳💛❤️ (@ChekrishnaCk) March 6, 2023
Did Twitter HQ’s “unintended consequences?”
Or… did Elon’s ‘unintended consequences…?’ pic.twitter.com/W0kJMa8TNN
— The Astute Galoot ™️➿ (@TheAstuteGaloot)
According to the outage tracker site DownDetector, there was more than 8,000 Twitter outage reports around noon on Monday. For users who were able to access the microblogging platform, “Twitter API” was trending as people tweeted about the issues.
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“Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now,” the company said in a tweet. “We made an internal change that had some unintended consequences. We’re working on this now and will share an update when it’s fixed,” it added.
“This platform is so brittle (sigh). Will be fixed shortly,” Musk said in a separate Tweet on Monday.
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Monday’s glitch market the second Twitter outage in less than a week and the third in under a month. Last Wednesday, some users who opened their “for you” timeline saw a black screen and a message saying, “Welcome to your timeline,” encouraging them to follow other users to get tweets to show up even if they already followed various accounts.
Three weeks ago, Twitter users faced several issues with the platform, including the inability to tweet, send direct messages, or follow new accounts. Twitter has witnessed a rage of technical errors since Musk acquired the company and fired more than half its staff late last year.
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