UPDATE: July 30, 2021, 4:03 p.m. AEST Snap has announced via Twitter that the problem has now been solved, telling users to manually update the app if they continue to experience issues.

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The Snapchat ghost is even more elusive than usual right now.

Users on Twitter and on Downdetector reported Thursday that they were unable to access Snapchat. Snap confirmed on Twitter that it was aware of the issue.

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Multiple people have posted on Twitter that they were unable to sign in, and that the issue did not resolve after deleting the app, restarting their phones, and re-installing.

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Downdetector shows that outages occurred in cities across the U.S. (Editor's note: Mashable's parent company, J2, owns Downdetector).

A spicy Thursday!Credit: SCreenshot: downdetector

Snapchat had an outage last month involved with updates to its app. That issue resolved in about one day.

Mashable has reached out to Snap for more information.