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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 (26%)
- Errors (21%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Sign in | 5 hours ago |
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Sign in | 8 hours ago |
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Errors | 18 hours ago |
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Website Down | 19 hours ago |
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Website Down | 5 days ago |
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Errors | 7 days ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Finchwizard (@Finchwizard) reportedWe’re in 2026 and @Outlook still can’t fix notifications and badges on iOS. It’s NEVER RIGHT. Always get these mystery notifications. Telling me 2 new emails and there’s only 1. Most frustrating thing. #outlooksucks
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Asrın Senemoğlu (@asrinsenemoglu) reportedMy bank account (Isbank) is officially linked to this compromised email address. I am ready to submit legal/banking documentation. This is not just an account issue, this is an active financial cybercrime in progress! @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook
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Sedal Gürses (@sgg1903) reported@UrsullineTV @Outlook Faced the same issue; @MarenXyber on X solved it.
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Paige N. Fox (@paigefox_atty) reportedAnyone else having annoying, constant and weird issues with @Outlook??? It’s gotten so bad even my tech people are like wtf is going on. I have theories. #followthemoney
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Ad Libitum (@JSokaza) reported@Outlook So while my email password issue continues with the account you all took over, I decided to log into my substack which uses an email I made specifically for social media use. Guess what? That password didn't work either. Strange?
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🚀K.R.I.S. (@KrisWorkLife) reportedOops! Just realized that @Outlook doesn’t give you an option to choose a time zone for scheduled messages. What a bummer. @Microsoft please fix or add this option. 🚀
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook Still down here in the uk, outrageous service. Please send to my mobile a code !!! That’s all I need.
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Hatice Öztürk (@HaticeOzturk86) reported@UrsullineTV @Outlook Same trouble @MarenXyber on X handled it fast.
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook Email still down here in the UK. How can I work like this?
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SpongeBob (@Jack_the_westi) reported@TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook I had the same problem a while ago, absolutely impossible to speak to a human at Microsoft to get support, finally I switched to Gmail, caused a lot of disruption because my old Hotmail is used to verify loads of passwords, annoyingly I keep getting reminders to log into Hotmail
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Gяace&Peteя♡ (@GraceJ_PeterM) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft - Will I ever be able to access my Hotmail email via the Mail app on my iPhone again? Been down for days now. Keeps saying I’ve tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account which is total lies. My password is 100% correct
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Han. (@HanaJohnson92) reportedDay 3 without being able to access my emails. I am now able to get a code through my phone number, but then is asking me for a second authentication, I then type in the code my Authy app gives me and it’s not working! @Outlook @MSFT365Status @MicrosoftHelps
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Beer stein of the void (@beer_and_mtg) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook guys, I don’t know what the problem is but you need to red team your outlook search. It is such a train wreck you are for sure leaving billions of dollars of global economic development on the table from this one single thing
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MightyRaiderTV (@MightyRaiderTTV) reportedwhy ******** does @Microsoft @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps hide the talk with an agent option ffs im just tryna recover my account but the recovery code service is broken!
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Dee (@PlatinumEvents_) reported@Outlook The verification is not working for me when I try to log in via my laptop. Could you assist.
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Dar99 (@Dar8206) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Microsoft @Outlook Same for me . SMS code is not working so impossible to Connect even on Outlook app…. Same **** since monday
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Erdem Pulcu (@ErdemPulcu) reported@Microsoft cannot make @Outlook find emails in one's inbox. So much of time is being wasted everyday because Outlook doesn't work. Could someone explain to me why anyone should trust their AI models? If they are so good why don't you use it to fix the email??
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Murzban F. Shroff (@MurzbanFShroff) reported@puneetck @Outlook I am a writer facing a huge glitch with my #Outlook. When I try to reply to an existing conversation/thread, the entire conversation disappears. It’s no longer visible in the reply mail. Please help. I have work-related communications suspended. @satyanadella
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Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported@rossiantony46 @Outlook Volan_xyber can fix this.
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tortured hot girl department (@maaaaandyy) reportedWhy can’t you fix the mail for iphone issue???? That can’t be so hard. Ask your tech team to use claude c’mon @Microsoft @Outlook @MicrosoftBr
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Faisal 🔻 (@faisal9051911) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Outlook They unlocked my account and was able to login with my password
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Chayan Chakrabarti (@lazychakrabarti) reported@Outlook unable to login to my 15 years old Hotmail account even though I have the same phone number, your captcha verifications are so lame
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HIGHBURY HAMBURGERS (@choparteta) reportedif anyone has a @Yahoo..deactvate it..they are pure scum..even when u enter ur password to login they block u..create with @Outlook
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Greg the 🐐 (@KnnyBlnknshp) reportedAdd a thumbs down reaction to @Outlook you fkn cowards @Microsoft
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D🧚🏽 (@_preciousdee) reportedFix this please @Outlook
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Yogee (@misteryogee) reportedMy live/microsoft userid/email is in some leaked hack db and now I keep getting these Authenticator requests every few hours by someone trying to access my account. @Microsoft @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps is there a way to geofence my account and lock all access attempts from other countries. This can’t be just a problem unique to me
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Thee Wane (@CoachWane) reported@Microsoft @Outlook y'all better fix the spam and phishing processes. Way too many spams that are not being blocked. The security team needs to wake up and do their job!!!!!!
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Hakan (@Hakan1630386105) reported@wasbeermeneer @Outlook Had this issue; TysonNerd on X sorted it.
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Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported@Outlook Correct passwords are not being accepted by Outlook: "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password."
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Wind 24 (@ayanconq) reported@MEGAARICK @Microsoft @Outlook Report your issue to Sylas_techz1 here on X