Pinterest down: Thousands of users report issues amid widespread outage

Thousands of users on Thursday complained that they were facing issues with Pinterest.

Updated on: Nov 14, 2025, 02:29:14 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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Pinterest appeared to run into problems on Thursday with thousands of users complaining that they were facing issues. At the time of writing, Downdetector logged over 1600 people facing problems with Pinterest.

Several users asked if Pinterest was down. (REUTERS)

As per Downdetector, most people had troubles with the app with 87 percent of the complains pertaining to it. The map showed areas like New York and Boston on the East Coast and Los Angeles and Phoenix on the West Coast were affected. Downdetector noted that people were facing issues since 3:14 pm EST.

Reactions to Pinterest outage

Several people expressed their frustrations online.

One person asked on X, “why is pinterest down rn ..”. Another commented, “is pinterest down :(.” Yet another remarked, “Pinterest went down,” and followed it with a heartbreak emoticon. Some complained that they had gotten logged out of their accounts as a result.

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On Downdetector's comment section, one person wrote “Aw man i thought i just needed to update my Pinterest but it keeps on logging me out…". Another added, “pinterest keeps logging me out im gonna cry i think!” Yet another mentioned that they got the ‘authorization failed’ message on Pinterest, when facing login issues.

A cause for the issues is not known, and no official statement has come about it till now.

How to fix Pinterest ‘authorization failed’ issue

The ‘authorization failed’ error on Pinterest might be because of wrong login credentials or a browser or app which is outdated, among other things.

One can try to fix this issue by logging out and trying to log back in, resetting the password, and clearing the browser cache. One can also try updating the browser and app. However, given that multiple people are facing this issue, it seems to be a problem on Pinterest's end, and these quick-fixes will likely not solve the ‘authorization failed’ error message problem that users have been complaining of.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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