Overview
- TikTok USDS said an Oracle data center problem was affecting parts of the U.S. app, with creators facing temporary posting delays.
- Oracle reported intermittent connection timeouts, errors, and higher latency in its US East (Ashburn) region and said engineers were working to restore service.
- Outage tracking on Downdetector showed reports starting in the morning and peaking through the afternoon across major U.S. cities.
- The disruption is the second since the January transfer of TikTok’s U.S. operations to the Oracle-backed TikTok USDS venture, following a winter-storm power loss in late January.
- Oracle had not confirmed a specific cause for Tuesday’s incident as of late Tuesday night, and both companies said mitigation efforts were ongoing.