The problems swept across major services and websites for an uncomfortable stretch on Thursday before recovery began kicking in.

Some notable web services that experienced disruptions included: Spotify, Discord, Google and its related services, Cloudflare, Snapchat, YouTube, OpenAI, Character AI, Fubo, Etsy, Vimeo, UPS, Shopify, Microsoft Azure, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Google Gemini, DoorDash, Calendly, Paramount+, IKEA, Twitch, and Microsoft 365.

Any major problems with providers like this will result in lots of your favorite online sites and apps going down. Down Detector on Thursday saw user-reported issues at Twitch, Gmail, Discord, Nintendo Switch Online, Spotify, and dozens more platforms. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Down Detector.)

Google Cloud services were down and are affecting other sites, according to Replit and Cloudflare.