Global McDonald's System Outage

Reports of service disruptions at McDonald's restaurants worldwide are increasing, leading to restaurant closures and complaints on social media. McDonald's Japan posted on X that operations are "temporarily halted in many of our stores across the country" and apologized for the inconvenience. Down Detector also reported a significant rise in issues related to the McDonald's app in the past two hours. Media outlets have noted that customers from Australia to the United Kingdom have complained about ordering problems, including a customer who posted a photo on X indicating that the kiosk was unavailable.