Twitter down for millions of users as only 1 engineer left handling crucial APIs

Twitter Down News Today: Twitter went down for millions as users of the microblogging platform experienced a bevy of glitches. Users reported that links stopped working as they were unable to log in and upload images. Some users said that they could not access TweetDeck as well.

This is the second in a week when Twitter was down for users.

According to a report in AP, there was only one person handling Twitter's application programming interface (API).

When users clicked on links, they were greeted with a mysterious error message reporting that "your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint".

About 85 per cent users had trouble with the web version of Twitter while 13 per cent had issues with the mobile platform.

In a tweet, the company said that "some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now".The company`s support account tweeted, "We made an internal change that had some unintended consequences."

The change in question was part of a project to shut down free access to the Twitter API, according to Platformer.

Last month, Twitter announced it will no longer support free access to its API. It ended the existence of third-party clients and drastically limited the ability of outside researchers to study the network.

The change had cascading consequences inside the company, bringing down much of Twitter`s internal tools along with the public-facing APIs, reports The Verge.

Musk tweeted on Tuesday: "A small API change had massive ramifications". "The code stack is extremely brittle for no good reason. Will ultimately need a complete rewrite," he posted.

There have been at least six high-profile Twitter outages this year, as Musk has fired thousands of employees, including those handling APIs and codes.

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