McDonald's system outages are reported around the world

System outages at McDonald’s have been reported around the world, shuttering restaurants and leading to social media complaints. McDonald’s in Japan posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday that “operations are temporarily out at many of our stores nationwide.” It called it “a system failure” and apologized for the inconvenience. The website Downdetector also reported a spike in problems with the McDonald’s app in the last few hours. Media outlets reported that customers from Australia to the U.K. have reported issues ordering, including a customer who posted a photo to X that saying a kiosk was unavailable. Some McDonald’s restaurants are working as normal, with people ordering and getting their food at locations in Bangkok and Milan.