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"This is an unacceptable situation, and we must do better" Xbox CTO apologizes for its biggest outage in recent memory

Xbox just had its biggest outage in recent memory, with Xbox's core services down for well over 15~ hours for some users.

"This is an unacceptable situation, and we must do better" Xbox CTO apologizes for its biggest outage in recent memory

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Xbox just had its biggest outage in recent memory, with Xbox's core services down for well over 15~ hours for some users.

Xbox CTO just took to X (Twitter) to explain what went wrong.

Xbox just had its biggest outage in recent memory, with Xbox's core services down for well over 15~ hours for some users. Xbox CTO just took to X (Twitter) to explain what went wrong.

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Xbox just had its biggest outage in recent memory, with Xbox's core services down for well over 15~ hours for some users. Xbox CTO just took to X (Twitter) to explain what went wrong.

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