Users of third-party Twitter apps have expressed concerns as they are reportedly facing issues with the inability to log in and access Twitter feeds.
According to reports, the issue started today as all API requests from third-party apps have failed.
Affected third party app Tweetbot, have come out to reveal that it is currently faced with the difficulty of accessing the Twitter platform, while noting that it is trying to get to the root cause of the issue.
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Tweetbot wrote,
“Tweetbot and other clients are experiencing problems logging in to Twitter. We’ve reached out to Twitter for more details, but haven’t heard back.
“We are hoping this is a temporary glitch and will let you know more as soon as we know more”.
Haddad disclosed that the connection issues started at 10:30 pm on Thursday and noted that all API requests from his app were failing. A post on Twitter’s developers forum shows numerous Twitter-based app developers noting that their apps have been listed as “suspended” or showing invalid authentication credentials.
Also other apps such as Echofon, and Twitterrific have all expressed the same issue of difficulty in accessing Twitter feeds.
Meanwhile, users suggest that It is likely that Twitter made some changes to its API for third-party clients that resulted in these apps breaking down.
It’s not clear if this is a step to thwart access to the platform, as the only way to access Twitter is through the official client or the website.
A post on Twitter’s developer forum disclosed that on the developer portal, these apps show up as “Suspended”.
Since Elon Musk’s takeover last year, Twitter has killed many developer programs including Twitter Toolbox for app discovery. Third-party developers have been cautious about their development plans around Twitter as the company hasn’t communicated its plans for the ecosystem.
Last month, the company’s former head of developer platforms, Amir Shevat, disclosed that some apps broke the trust of developers.