New Delhi, June 16 -- Food delivery platform DoorDash appeared to be back online on Tuesday after tens of thousands of users reported issues accessing the service earlier in the day.

According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, reports of problems with the platform surged during the morning hours, affecting users across several major US cities.

At its peak, DoorDash received more than 36,000 user-reported outage complaints at around 10:20 a.m. ET on June 16, according to data from Downdetector, which monitors service disruptions in real time.

The outage came during the late morning hours, just ahead of the lunch rush, when many customers rely on the platform for food deliveries.

Reports on Downdetector indicated that users were ...