Decentralized social media platform Bluesky experienced widespread service disruptions on Thursday, with users reporting slow loading times and intermittent errors across both its website and mobile application. The outage has been linked to a suspected denial-of-service attack, according to company officials.

The disruptions began in the early hours of the day and persisted into the afternoon, affecting key features such as user profiles and content feeds. Many users encountered error messages indicating unusually high traffic and temporary unavailability of certain services.

While some parts of the platform remained accessible, performance issues varied significantly, forcing users to refresh pages repeatedly. The instability has raised concerns about the resilience of decentralized social networks under high-demand conditions.

Bluesky has acknowledged the incident and stated that investigations are ongoing, though no timeline has been provided for a full resolution. Notably, other platforms built on the same underlying protocol appear to have remained largely unaffected during the disruption.

Source: TechCrunch