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Oracle Data Center Issue Blamed for Latest TikTok Outage in US
This is the second time in a month that an Oracle outage has impacted TikTok users in the US.
Mar. 4, 2026 at 4:05pm
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TikTok users in the US experienced issues posting content on the app, with Oracle's Ashburn data center being identified as the cause. This is the second time in just over a month that an Oracle outage has disrupted TikTok's US operations, after a previous incident in January was attributed to severe winter weather.
Why it matters
TikTok's reliance on Oracle's cloud infrastructure in the US has now led to two high-profile outages in a short period, raising questions about the reliability of the partnership and the potential impact on TikTok's US user experience.
The details
An issue with an Oracle data center in Ashburn, Virginia was identified as the cause of the latest TikTok outage in the US, leading to connection timeouts, errors, and increased latency for some users trying to post content. Oracle acknowledged the outage and said it was working to resolve the problem, which lasted for around two hours before being marked as resolved.
- The issue was first identified at 1:24PM UTC on March 3.
- The Ashburn site was identified as the cause in a 5:24PM update on March 3.
- The root cause was pinpointed by 12:44AM on March 4.
- The status page was returning regular 'monitoring' updates from 7:03AM on March 4.
- The issue was marked as 'resolved' by 9:18AM on March 4.
The players
Oracle
An American multinational computer technology corporation that provides enterprise software products and cloud engineering services.
TikTok
A popular social media platform owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, which allows users to create and share short-form videos.
What’s next
Neither TikTok nor Oracle have provided an update to confirm full restoration of service following the outage, but it is assumed that the data center's restoration has fixed the issues for users.
The takeaway
This latest Oracle-related outage highlights the risks of TikTok's reliance on a single cloud provider in the US, and the potential impact on the user experience when technical issues arise. It raises questions about the long-term reliability and stability of the partnership between TikTok and Oracle.
