Third-party client Fenix for Android was listed as "suspended," according to developer Matteo Villa, but its iOS version was still functional. TweetDeck, an alternative client owned by Twitter, appeared functional Friday morning. Ars staffers successfully refreshed data tools that pull in Twitter data, and we heard from a user of the Tweeten client that it is still functioning. Not all third-party clients appear to be broken at the moment. OUJtusaW2A- Matteo Villa January 13, 2023 Probably an automated action, but I doubt very much I'll heard from them again and be able to resolve the issue. Advertisementįenix for Android suspended, no communication whatsoever from Twitter. 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. Haddad told TechCrunch that the connection issues started at 10:30 pm on Thursday and noted that all API requests from his app were failing. The account for Echofon posted shortly after 8:30 am Friday that it was working to resolve its issues and that "Twitter has not yet replied." " Tweets from the official accounts of the Tweetbot and Twitteriffic clients on Thursday night confirmed their communication issues. Paul Haddad, a co-creator of Tweetbot, posted on Mastodon at 11:10 pm ET Thursday in reply to a post from tech journalist Casey Newton that multiple third-party clients were failing, with "no communication as to if a bug or. Tweetbot, Twiterrific, Echofon, and other third-party Twitter clients have failed to work for many people since late Thursday night, and the social network has seemingly not notified the apps' developers as to why. You can contact this reporter on Signal and WhatsApp at +91 81 or email.Nathan Coppen/Getty Images reader comments 211 with While Twitter hasn’t communicated anything about the issue, the TwitterDev account said last month that the company “will continue to invest in our Developer Platform, especially our Twitter API.”Įarlier this week, Twitter decided to make the algorithmic timeline - named “For You” - the default feed on iOS. Last month, the company’s former head of developer platforms, Amir Shevat, wrote for TechCrunch that the new management broke the trust of developers. Third-party developers have been cautious about their development plans around Twitter as the company hasn’t communicated its plans for the ecosystem. Since Elon Musk’s takeover, Twitter has killed many developer programs, including Twitter Toolbox for app discovery. So the only way to access Twitter is through the official client or the website.Ī post on Twitter’s developer forum said that on the developer portal, these apps show up as “Suspended.” It’s not clear if this is a step to thwart access to the platform.Īpart from the above-mentioned apps, users complained about being unable to access Twitter from clients like Fenix, Twitpane, Feather and Talon. It’s likely that Twitter made some changes to its API for third-party clients that resulted in these apps breaking down. He also mentioned that all API requests from the apps are failing. In an email response to TechCrunch, Haddad said the issue started around 7:30 PM PT today.
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