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Walmart Restores App and Website After Brief Morning Outage

The retailer said services were back to normal, urging users still seeing errors to reinstall the app or clear their browser cache.

Overview

  • User reports on Downdetector peaked above 6,400, with about 72% tied to the mobile app and roughly 25% to the website.
  • Problems began around 7 a.m. Eastern and eased by about 8 a.m., restoring access for shopping, login and checkout.
  • Walmart confirmed the disruption was brief and said all systems were quickly restored following the morning interruption.
  • Delivery operations were affected as Spark Driver users reported being unable to accept or complete orders, with thousands noting issues.
  • Outage reports fell sharply within an hour of the peak, indicating services had stabilized after the initial surge in complaints.