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Walmart Website, App and Spark Driver Experience Widespread Outage on December 30

Downdetector logged thousands of failures during a period with no public explanation from Walmart.

Overview

  • Downdetector reports climbed through Tuesday during a year‑end shopping rush, reaching about 6,400 complaints tied to Walmart’s online services.
  • The Walmart mobile app drew the majority of issues, with roughly 72% of reports citing app failures versus about 25% related to the website.
  • Drivers using the Spark Driver app reported major disruptions, with more than 3,200 saying they could not accept offers or complete deliveries.
  • Customers reported being unable to log in, browse, check out, or schedule grocery pickup, and some mentioned problems touching linked entertainment features.
  • Walmart’s help channels had not issued a public acknowledgement or estimated time to resolution at the time of publication.