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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 (49%)
- Errors (26%)
- Website Down (25%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Exeter
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Sign in | 32 minutes ago |
 Lorient
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Sign in | 35 minutes ago |
 Tampa
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Sign in | 1 hour ago |
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Liverpool
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Sign in | 4 hours ago |
 Adelaide
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Sign in | 5 hours ago |
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Hastings
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Sign in | 6 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Quantaforze (@QuantaforgeCorp) reported@Outlook Hi, I’m experiencing an issue with OTP detection in Outlook notifications. When I request a GitHub OTP, Outlook shows a “Copy OTP” option, but it only captures 6 digits, whereas GitHub OTPs sometimes contain 8 characters. This leads to incorrect copying and fail
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Ross Barker (@RossBarker79) reported@Outlook why is it no longer possible to communicate with a human on live chat or a telephone? You ai is horrific and cannot solve issues
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sheenbean (@loisetwt) reported@Outlook I currently have two Outlook accounts for two different jobs. When I try to log into one of the accounts, the verification code notification keeps being sent to the other work account instead. please help me resolve this issue so I can access the correct account?
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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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Calamity🇵🇸🕊️🇺🇦Jessica (@FaunaLovesFlora) reported@astrogrant @Microsoft @Outlook can you stop deep ********* AI that doesn't work down our work throats so you can pay more attention to your basic ******* programs? It's 2026 for ***** sake and you are MICROSOFT. Stop it. Just do better ffs.
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Rhys Ames (@Amesyyyy) reported@Outlook Hey! Looking for help with account recovery as the automated recovery keeps failing me. I made a hotmail 15+ years ago for my BNET account which was only ever used for that. its been hacked and whoever hacked it has locked it down so ive lost my WoW account as a result
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Habit.Earth (@habitearth) reported@Outlook You Suck. Why did I have to spend a ton of time troubleshooting your problems? I'm deleting you from my life.
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Magenta (@MagentaHere) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook I am unable to sign in so cannot get support for being locked out of important account. Please message me as a matter of urgency. I reside in the UK.
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Brendan R. Appel (@AppelLaw) reported@Outlook - Just now received an email sent to me on January 22, 2026 at 5:37 p.m. It arrived 1/28/2026 at 10:08 a.m. You claimed to have "fixed" your issues on 1/22 - clearly that was a lie. You had ONE JOB....
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HSM_81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook Can I check that this is actually being taken seriously @Outlook as no one has responded to my DM which you requested 2 days ago. Just to clarify I cannot access my emails as your automated recovery process is not working for me and your supporting teams are refusing to help.
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Molly A. Walker (@mwalkercom) reported.@Yahoo @YahooCare Yahoo has taken over my @Outlook email for my Yahoo and domain email address and my computer guy can't fix it, except to direct me to web mail. He doesn't believe upgrading to Windows 11 will fix this. Please suggest a fix. Thank you.
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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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Catalin (@catalinmpit) reportedIt looks like Outlook flagged emails for @Documenso, anyone know how I can fix this fast? cc @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps
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Bradley Frank (@addos) reported@Outlook what is the deal with this error? UTC Date: 2026-01-30T15:20:21.838Z Client Id: 5E8BAB74F0F24FB4B05D3C3EFFC064FB Session Id: 6299cf67-9301-493d-9437-0198418fae88 Client Version: 20260116004.05 BootResult: configuration Back Filled Errors: Unhandled Rejection: Error:
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N Rose (@NRose_N5) reported@tanfrancisco @Outlook I have exact same issue and I’m going INSANE! Important documents need to be accessed! Did you manage to get through to an actual human at all?
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Brad (@blcdude1) reportedI’ve had awful luck with @outlook the past week. Every time I log in, I get told there have been too many failed attempts and I’m forced to reset my password. It makes the website feel very insecure, a major security issue.
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EDDG Creative (@EDDGcr) reported@Outlook Horrible tech support, having email issues, and everyone I get just passes me to another department. This is only going to get worse! #needalternative #trainbetter
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nkk501 (@nkk8314) reported@Outlook could you please help me with my email address. I am unable to login and it is saying I am blocked due to not enough verification
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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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Jan-Henrik Damaschke 🦋 (@JanDamaschke) reported@gdlinux @Outlook I'm always for open source, but running your own email server was traditionally a hurdle. Any suggestions?
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Nicole (@Nicole18068) reported@Outlook IM NOT RECEIVING EMAILS!!! ITS NOT WORKING!!
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Wittig Lyon (@ibn_wittig) reported@hameedkanz @Outlook @Live What's the error message? Is it csv or?
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Mister Kayne (@MisterKayne76) reportedOver 10 lockouts and endless appeals later, @Outlook is officially the most "secure" account I own—mostly because even I can't get into it. @Microsoft , please fix this verification loop. It’s exhausting.
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Cheekyman81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook why are your teams refusing to help with my Hotmail account recovery and just asking me to fill out recovery forms again and again. This is not working. This is my own personal data which I have a right to. Please help me
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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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Roni (@srijansen39) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Hi Microsoft/Outlook team, I recently created a Microsoft account and got an @outlook.com email by default. But every email I send to Gmail addresses lands in the recipient's Spam folder, so they never see it. This is causing major inconvenience— Fix this
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Wendy Watkins (@WendyWendywat) reported@Outlook having real problems contacting customer support - how do I urgently get hold of someone please? URGENT
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Michael (@michaelhannaa) reported@Outlook on IOS is terrible. Just terrible.
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🌟Aalyaa🌟 (@aa1yea) reportedWhy are @beehiiv newsletters not being delivered to @Outlook? Is it a glitch?
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𝙈𝙞𝙢 (@Mari0am) reported@Outlook your services are not working, Ican’t get back any of my emails and YOU don’t have contact support. What am I supposed to do now?