Some Twitter users were unable to tweet on Wednesday after the site experienced technical problems.
Account holders received a message that read, “You have exceeded the daily limit for sending tweets.”
Outage tracking website DownDetector reported the error just before 22:00 GMT.
Elon Musk has been shedding Twitter’s workforce in recent months since acquiring the platform for $44 billion (£36.5 billion) last October.
Last month, the Tesla and SpaceX boss said Twitter had about 2,300 employees — down from about 8,000 when he took over.
For months, experts have been warning that such deep cuts could cause technical problems, although it’s not yet clear whether the reduced workforce was to blame for Wednesday’s outage.
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It seems that part of the outage was soon fixed and many users said they could tweet.
Some reported being notified by Twitter that they had exceeded the 2,400 tweets per day limit, even if they didn’t post anything on Wednesday.
Account holders had also reported problems with Twitter messages. Several users said they can’t access TweetDeck – a dashboard that can be used with Twitter.
It is not yet clear how many people were affected.
“Twitter may not work as expected for some of you. sorry for the trouble We are aware of this and are working to fix it,” Twitter said.
Over the past few weeks, many users have complained about bugs when using Twitter – including some who have claimed that they can increase the reach of tweets by suspending their accounts.
Tech news site The Information reported that Mr Musk had told Twitter staff to pause development of new features “to maximize the stability and robustness of the system, especially with the Super Bowl approaching”.
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