India, Aug. 27 -- Update | August 27, 20:02 IST

Rapido's app outage was short lived, lasting about an hour. Consumers were able to book rides on the platform around 8 PM, making the disruption last about one hour. The startup has not specified the reason behind the outage as of now.

Original | August 27, 19:11 IST

Ride-hailing major Rapido is facing a technical glitch currently, leaving many users unable to book rides as the platform struggles to process new requests.

Several users took to X to flag problems with the app, with some saying that they were forced to turn to Uber, where fares were substantially higher.

"Today is the first day I am going out in a wholeeeee to meet people and Rapido is down. Uber is charging 3X and I can't...