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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.

Outlook.com Outage Chart 02/19/2026 05:10

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.

  1. Sign in (52%)

    Sign in (52%)

  2. Website Down (25%)

    Website Down (25%)

  3. Errors (23%)

    Errors (23%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
AustraliaMelbourne Errors
United StatesVisalia Website Down
United KingdomStockton-on-Tees Sign in
United StatesOmaha Sign in
United StatesHartford Errors
United StatesCasper Sign in
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • joeheys Joe Heys (@joeheys) reported

    @Outlook every single time I try and log into my email account, I get a message saying ‘too many requests’ and then I’m kicked out. I rely heavily on my emails for work. Please can you sort this out? I’ve had endless problems with you as an email provider lately, you’re a joke.

  • rekh01 Rǝkha (@rekh01) reported

    What’s going on with Hotmail!? Can’t login!!!! @Outlook #Hotmail #FirstWorldProblems

  • JoyMWilliams Leia Williams (@JoyMWilliams) reported

    @emfrooze @Outlook There is an outage. Apparently it is being worked on by Microsoft.

  • MetaBoi91 MetaBoi (@MetaBoi91) reported

    @Outlook is outlook down today? i got logged out my devices and i cant seem to log back in even thought i have tried a gazillion times??

  • JoostvanDi92304 Joost van Dijk (@JoostvanDi92304) reported

    @Outlook why can’t I send or receive messages anymore? Seems there are problems with both iPhone/ipad/pc applications. What’s going on?

  • farlansangel Farlans (@farlansangel) reported

    @Outlook i still cant login to my @live account. says password is wrong but i can login to microsoft services. i was logged out when i woke up. i use the standard samsung email app on my phone

  • touquetown 🎥Jims (@touquetown) reported

    @Outlook If your Outlook App is down, you can still log in and use it from a web browser. Only the App is broken, fix eta unkown.

  • himalijadeja himali 🤍 (@himalijadeja) reported

    @Outlook my primary outlook is not working and I’m not sure why, I am receiving emails on the account but unable to open anything and it’s not refreshing. I can’t log in on safari either. I have 2 other email addresses which I can access just fine, please help asap!!

  • chloeewilsonn4 chloe wilson ✨ (@chloeewilsonn4) reported

    @GeneDavidKirk @Outlook Yeah my partner can’t get into his account keeps coming up error.

  • bravetofu_ bravetofu.sps (@bravetofu_) reported

    @lang_willar @Outlook @Microsoft Yeah, the outage seems to still be ongoing, which means there's no way to send or receive emails.

  • kenji6708 Liberer les peuples (@kenji6708) reported

    @Outlook Can you please give a regular update on the resolution of the current IT issue with Outlook and Hotmail accounts ?

  • GeneDavidKirk GDK (@GeneDavidKirk) reported

    @Outlook is there a problem with the Outlook server? My hotmail account is not working. It says server not working when trying to access mail. Any advice please?

  • KirstR92 Kirsty Rudd (@KirstR92) reported

    @Outlook why won’t it allow me access to my emails???? One minute it’s saying server issues the next I get an error message, I need access to them asap! I’ve been trying all day

  • a7m_998 Eng. A (@a7m_998) reported

    @Outlook Hello, Im suddenly signed out of my email. I’m still receiving email notifications on my phone, but when I tried to sign in, I got blocked from the very first attempt. Please check your dm.

  • JaneEyreAtHeart more happy than dignified (@JaneEyreAtHeart) reported

    @sweetchibi_s2 @Outlook Global issue. Very frustrating

  • smakosh Smakosh (@smakosh) reported

    @Outlook is down in the worst times (I use Gmail/Private email too)

  • lang_willar patrick lang-willar (@lang_willar) reported

    @bravetofu_ @Outlook @Microsoft I get this answer when I try to login from the web incognito mode and my app is down ... not receiving no able to send mails ? UTC Date: 2025-07-10T09:20:43.528Z Client Id: 2AE51DB7BF78421A8D115ECA96626025 Session Id: 59299199-a819-4147-a195-105698995673 Client Version: 202506200

  • Cthulhuhoop Mel ❄️ (@Cthulhuhoop) reported

    @luis_abv0929 @Outlook globally down for two hours+. you MIGHT expect them to say something here, but nah.

  • gursharan_gs123 Sharock (@gursharan_gs123) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps Please help me! I have been encountering 401 and 500 error while trying to access my emails. I need to access my mails urgently. I have tried different browsers, VPN, clearing cache, changing password. But nothing seems to work. @Outlook

  • akzesmith akzesmith (@akzesmith) reported

    @Outlook Would be great if it wasn’t down.

  • Daddys444girl Cherry (@Daddys444girl) reported

    @Outlook your servers are down for millions of people worldwide, can you please release a statement so people can know when to expect access back into their accounts again?

  • kirstin_gunn Kirstin Gunn (@kirstin_gunn) reported

    @Outlook why can I not access my emails? Error message keeps saying Can not get mail- the connection to the server failed. What is going on??

  • garlict Garlic Toothpaste #getPRdone (@garlict) reported

    . @Outlook why aren't you informing us publicly that outlook is down?

  • 19Shep Andy Shep (@19Shep) reported

    @Outlook send you a DM Yesterday as my wife’s issue is still not resolved, if anything it’s got worse.

  • intgom John Cairney (@intgom) reported

    @Outlook You've been down for around 12 hours now - and counting. What's going on and when will you fix it?

  • AbiEdwards01 Abi Edwards 🌸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@AbiEdwards01) reported

    Seriously, @Outlook is STILL DOWN!!! How is this acceptable? It’s been hours and hours now!!!

  • HelenMelrose Melro5e (@HelenMelrose) reported

    @Outlook I can't get into my hotmail account. It keeps asking for me to authenticate, have tried to reset my password and just keeps asking me to sign in again. It seems like this is a widespread problem but no official word from Microsoft/Outlook? Is there a fix time on this?

  • IamCHEZZA 🧟‍♂️Cheryl🧟‍♂️ (@IamCHEZZA) reported

    Hey @Microsoft @Outlook gonna go fix the emails please I got **** to do

  • MichaelAntonuc4 Michael Antonucci (@MichaelAntonuc4) reported

    @Outlook my emails are not working is there a problem with the server?

  • dgonred Shiyami Daiji (@dgonred) reported

    @salim03 @Outlook Getting the same error as well