X is back online after an hourslong global outage that left thousands without access.

The blackout began after midnight Thursday and was restored to service a few hours later.

Downdetector, a site that tracks the online status of various websites, noted that over 7,000 users in the U.K. and Canada reported X as inaccessible. French users also were unable to access the social media platform.

X leadership has yet to confirm the reason for the outage.

Users who tried to access their X accounts during the outage were met with a cheerful “Welcome to X!” message.

Some users migrated to X rival Threads to discuss the blackout.

Thursday’s brief but large outage is the latest case of technical issues at X following Elon Musk’s takeover of the company last year.

Before he took over, X experienced around nine outages a year. In February alone, X had four blackouts, with several others before and after in 2023.

• Vaughn Cockayne can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.