During the incident, the Reddit website failed to load and displayed an error message reading:
"upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection failure."

Reddit spokesperson Tim Ratschmidt explained:
"There was a bug in a recent update we made, but the fix is already in place, and we are ramping up its deployment."

Resolution:
Engineers quickly began troubleshooting, and the platform was restored to normal operation within hours of identifying and addressing the issue.