Swiggy, the popular online food delivery app, experienced a widespread outage across India, starting around 2:46 pm. Downdetector reported that many users faced issues accessing the app, completing orders, and tracking deliveries. Impacted cities included Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad. Frustrated users took to X (formerly Twitter) to report the problems, highlighting payment failures and inaccessible help sections.
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