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Outlook.com is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services from Microsoft. One of the world's first webmail services, it was founded in 1996 as Hotmail.
Problems in the last 24 hours
The graph below depicts the number of Outlook.com reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.
- Sign in (53%)
- Website Down (24%)
- Errors (23%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Errors | 6 hours ago |
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Website Down | 6 hours ago |
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Sign in | 6 hours ago |
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Errors | 6 hours ago |
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Sign in | 7 hours ago |
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Website Down | 8 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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mel (@mel76151448) reported@Outlook how am I supposed to get back in my email account, when I can’t sign in. Tried all the links but no success. Run a business on this account. I need to speak to a human!!!
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FallingDebris (@VolatileAmine) reported@Outlook you’d think your server could block phishing emails. FFS, the floodgate is open.
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KremovSomgai (@KremovSomgai) reportedI haven’t gotten a work email in an hour and half. Is @Outlook down again or is today just a good day?
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delicia (@deliciaMP4) reported@Outlook a move up/move down feature isn’t that hard surely
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Phil Lisovicz (@phills_life) reported@Outlook your "Prove you're a human" captcha is so horribly, horribly broken that i cannot even make an account. i've tried 3 browsers and my iphone. How could your signup flow be so bad in 2026 that people can't even create an account?
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Richard Gozinya (@browneye_winker) reported@Outlook Are there issues with Outlook on iOS 26.4? I’ve been getting delayed notifications for a couple weeks. The email will show in my inbox, but I’ll get the iOS notification a couple minutes after.
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Matt Ayoub (@mattayoub1) reported@Outlook @Microsoft it’s been WEEKS and my Hotmail is STILL in another language! Can someone please contact me and actually follow through till the issue is resolved?
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JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported@Anita52174838 @NikhilB27505303 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me
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HSM_81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook Hi, I have sent a DM as requested but I still have not heard back from you. Can you please tell me when I can expect to hear a response back? Recovery forms still not working for me.
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Alexander Billy (@economalex) reportedIt seems extremely likely the US is experiencing either (a) a series of cyber attacks or (b) basic web infrastructure issues. Both @gmail and @Outlook have been down in the same week.
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Sam Golding (@SamG0996) reported@Sad_Saad @Outlook Yep I am also having same problems and not getting text message. Have you got sorted yet? Any suggestions @Outlook
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JoeGeeky (@JoeGeeky) reported@Microsoft @Outlook What's the point in sending 'Feedback' using the "Feedback Hub" if there are no answers and things don't get addressed? Myself and others have reported exploit issues in Outlook and other apps... and nothing... silence...
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em-j rabbitwolf (@emjrabbitwolf) reported@Microsoft @Outlook I’m currently suffering ffrom being unable to access your consumer products ie hotmail (now Outlook) email accounts via the web. No, I don’t use the apps for health reasons. I can’t sign in to any of my UK based accounts at all! Help great appreciated.
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Ryan Ricardo Dunkley (@ryanricardo76) reported@MandatesHonor @Outlook @LittlePoohBear_ Having the same issue too
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alliaceous allie (@AllieTheEditor) reported@Outlook instead of focusing on shoving copilot down everyone's throats, can you maybe work on this massive outage? kthnxbye
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Pfs (@sirpenski) reported@WilliamShatner Captain, I wish you were on @NASAArtemis. Maybe you could channel Spock and fix @Outlook for the crew.
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Jake (@NiKes619) reported@Outlook the new Outlook performance is just TERRIBLE.
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🌼🇰🇼زعفرآنه🇰🇼🌼 (@zafraana86) reportedUnable to sign in to my Outlook account. Is there a current outage? Please advise when it will be resolved. @Outlook @Microsoft
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CryptoKong (@CryptoKong59483) reportedHow embarrassing for @satyanadella showing how @Windows legacy bloat and tech debt is putting mission critical, national-visibility use of #Windows is broken. The @Outlook team should be scrambling.
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Hey Its Burt (@josephburt) reportedProbably not what @Microsoft /@Office want to hear... yeah can you remote in and fix the two @Outlook apps running. Sounds like you still can't make a stable OS ...
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Emmanuel J (@EmJy26) reported@Outlook is there any ongoing issues with outlook especially for suddenly quarantine of emails?
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Jeremy Whiteley (@jeremywhiteley) reported@Outlook when are you going to fix copilot for outlook for the Mac? Most of time copilot menu disappears when creating an email. It’s useless. @MS_OutlookMac @Copilot
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Sam McDonald (@wsmcd) reported@Outlook @Microsoft Luckily I have a passkey and was able to sign out of all my accounts elsewhere. In fact I removed the password as a sign in option for my account now. Strongly recommend everyone do this!
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Fai (@faithedragon) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Not being able to drag and drop emails and attachments into SharePoint is a huge limitation for collaborators. Why can’t a trillion dollar company fix this?
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Dwight Young (@TheDwightYoung) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook Why does Outlook for Mac always have non-stop issues? Why is my desktop app unable to Sync or connect for hours, sometimes even the entire day, multiple times per month? There's some MAJOR issues inside Outlook for Mac OS and it's not just mine.
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Joshua Dixon (@jcshuadixcn) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I’m locked out of my Outlook due to broken Authenticator after switching phones. Tried all options. Need human support.
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Ayah 𓂆 (@Ayoosh284) reported@AzizSafi17 @Outlook I have the same issue it started on Feb the 7th
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Cheekyman81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook I’m struggling to get any traction from your support teams to regain access to my Hotmail account. Recovery forms are not working. Who do I escalate to? I have had this issue for 1 month now.
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Nowshad Hossain Rahat (@nhrdev) reported@mdnlabs login to @Outlook :/ even valid 2FA methods stops working
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Tucker Goodrich (@TuckerGoodrich) reportedGmail search doesn't work. Outlook is far better and if it's not working, you Exchange administrator is doing a bad job. —Current unhappy @Gmail user and former Exchange administrator and intensive @Outlook user.