Bluesky, the decentralized microblogging platform, reported a service disruption early Thursday. An outage began at 1:42 AM ET and persisted until 11 AM. The company identified three downed servers, including one in its US East region, and blamed connection‑timeout issues for the hiccup, which has been trying to grow its user base.

Users experienced intermittent feed loading, with some forced to refresh pages to retrieve content. The glitch appeared to affect only a subset of accounts, leaving most visitors largely unimpeded. Bluesky’s status page noted the problem had begun in the early morning and had yet to resolve by late morning, and that some posts failed to appear.

The incident follows a brief outage earlier this month, suggesting ongoing stability challenges for the nascent platform. As Bluesky scales, consistent uptime becomes critical for attracting users who expect a seamless experience comparable to mainstream social networks, especially as it competes with Twitter and other platforms.

Bluesky’s technical team remains working to eliminate timeout errors and restore full functionality. The company’s quick acknowledgment and transparent status updates provide reassurance, yet the recurrence of outages may dent confidence among early adopters and investors wary of the platform’s reliability track record. Stakeholders will watch for how quickly the platform can resolve these issues.