Zoom platform outage disrupts user connectivity
April 16, 2025, 3:20 pm
Multiple reports confirm that Zoom is experiencing a significant outage affecting video calls, meetings, and website access. Users across various platforms have reported trouble connecting, with error messages indicating an inability to join scheduled meetings. Data from monitoring services supports these reports, suggesting a widespread technical issue that is disrupting normal communications for many.
Manager of the .us namespace managed to block zoom.us A bad mistake by GoDaddy took Zoom offline for almost two hours on Wednesday afternoon, US time.…
Zoom says its platform is back online after suffering an outage for much of Wednesday afternoon. “Service has now been restored after the earlier outage, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding,” Zoom said in a post on X at around 2 p.m. Pacific. The trouble began around...
Zoom down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows Reuters
Zoom is suffering from a major outage, preventing people from connecting to video calls or even accessing its website. As shown by data on Downdetector, the outage appeared to have started around 3PM ET. Users across X are posting about the outage, with some getting an “Unable to Connect” error...
Video chat and meeting platform Zoom has been experiencing outages for many users today.
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