Oracle Outage Hits TikTok Again — Second Time in a Month
TikTok US users face posting delays after another Oracle data center failure at its Ashburn facility.
TikTok's US operation is stuttering again, and Oracle is the culprit — again.
TikTok USDS warned that American users "may temporarily experience lags in posting content" thanks to an issue at Oracle's Ashburn data center. If you've been struggling to upload your latest masterpiece, that's why.
Here's the kicker: this is the second Oracle outage in a single month. Not a great look for the cloud provider tasked with handling one of the world's most popular apps on US soil.
TikTok's US data operations run through Oracle's infrastructure as part of the arrangement to keep the platform operating domestically. When that infrastructure hiccups, millions of users feel it instantly.
No word yet on a full resolution timeline. For now, US TikTokers will just have to be patient with their posts.