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Grok Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports
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By Anthony W. Haddad
Published 1 hour ago on
January 23, 2026

Grok had a possible outage on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (Shutterstock)

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Grok experienced a possible outage Friday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 2,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 11:23 a.m. PST, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing problems with AI generation.

Update at 11:33 a.m.

More than 3,300 users have now reported an issue with Grok.

Update at 11:43 a.m.

Reports of issues with Grok are slowing. More than 4,000 users have submitted reports to Downdetector.

Update at 11:51 a.m.

Nearly 6,000 users have reported an issue with Grok.

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.

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