Pinterest down: What is 'user experience data retrieval failure' error? Details

Pinterest faced an outage Tuesday afternoon, with thousands U.S. users reporting a “user experience data retrieval failure” on Down Detector.

Pinterest is down for thousands of users in the United States on Tuesday afternoon. As of this writing, more than 4000 Pinterest users are reporting receiving an error message saying “user experience data retrieval failure” per Down Detector, a platform that tracks such outages based on users' data.

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When Pinterest shows a “user experience data retrieval failure” error, it generally means the app or site failed to fetch your account or feed data from Pinterest’s servers. A backend outage or connection glitch is usually behind the outage.

At least 4,000 users reported issues with Pinterest in the United States on Tuesday.

Down Detector showed that 58% of the reports noted that the app was not working for them. 19% faced issues with their feed and timeline, while 13% said they faced trouble logging in.

Frustrated Users Vent On Social Media

“Is anyone else's Pinterest down? I cannot access any of my boards,” one user wrote, sharing a screenshot of the error.

“is pinterest down why the hell does it say my account was deleted,” complained another.

“Everyone immediately migrating to Twitter to ask if their Pinterest is also down, man I love humanity,” joked one.

"Searching "Pinterest" on twitter after it got down, and is everyone collectively losing their minds," said another.

The outage was also reported in other countries, such as India, Brazil and the UK.