Earlier today, Twitter users had short-term problems on the official website and mobile apps, which were reported to cause tweeting or retweeting problems. In certain situations, the "max cap reached" error message would appear and users would be logged out of Tweetdeck and apps like Tweeten, as per the article. Twitter users shared the complaints on the platform, and the Twitter support account acknowledged the issue, stating that the problem was related to its backend system. The problem was patched at 7:23am IST, according to a tweet from the help page.

Several Twitter users reported a similar mistake – rates are higher than – using the Twitter.com app or browsing. Yesterday evening the error reports began and Twitter today morning at about 6:00 am IST recognized the issue. The Twitter Support account shared that this error, caused by a backend server problem, was resolved by the team. At approximately 7:20 a.m. the answer was "This must now be corrected.

You may have seen a “Rate limit exceeded” message when trying to access Twitter recently. We’re working on fixing a problem with our backend system and you’ll be back to your Tweets soon.

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) August 4, 2020

In the Engadget report, an error with the platform was cited from a team member of the publication and a few other Twitter users who read, This is a shame! Your Tweet limits have been exceeded. Try Retweet tomorrow again. This website and Tweetdeck were also associated with that error. It was caused by a problem with an internal backend system, reports Engadget, who quoted a Twitter speaker. The problem was apparently the same and was dealt with earlier this morning.

Recently, Twitter has suffered a massive hack that has targetted 130 counts, among them the United States Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Elon Musk CEO from Tesla, Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, Jeff Bezos CEO from Amazon, and West rapping. Prominent brands like Apple and Uber also suffered as a result of the hack. Earlier this month, according to officials a 17-year old Florida boy named Graham Clark was accused. The defendant supposed to use celebrity accounts to request investments from suspect Twitter users, networked at least $100,000 (roughly Rs. 75,03 lakhs) from the sham Bitcoin scheme.