Live feeds of the Paris attacks appear to have crashed Periscope — but now it's back online

Periscope — the app that allows people to livestream a video feed to the public — may have crashed in the midst of attacks in Paris, France. 

Reports coming through Twitter indicated the app was functioning up until approximately 6:40 p.m. EST.

But then people began seeing with a "loading error" message when they open their live feed. 

Here's what it looked like:

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But earlier in the evening, at 6:14 p.m. EST, the feed was filled with streams available for viewing. 

—Bo Han (@bohan) November 13, 2015

We were able to view one feed from a man named Chris Marques. He was discussing his location in Paris, and how crazy it was that this is happening. Marques reported he was safe, but cops were everywhere.

But then the app went down, Twitter users reported.

—Doria Biddle (@DoriaBiddle) November 13, 2015

—SteveDaInternet (@SteveDaInternet) November 13, 2015

One woman promised an update soon, since her Periscope feed wouldn't load.  

—Sarah Arlen (@saraharlen) November 13, 2015

 The issue seemed widespread. 

—★Showing_Off★ (@Araya_Hope____) November 13, 2015

Periscope's Help account tweeted this update at 6:19 p.m. EST:

—Periscope Help (@periscopehelp) November 13, 2015

A Twitter representative stated it was due to an "unusually high load" of traffic:

—Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) November 14, 2015

At 7:12 p.m. EST, several people were able to Periscope again:

—Bobby Bromack (@Nukem_Nick) November 14, 2015

One journalist Periscoped her safe return to a hotel room, and updated viewers.

—JudyArzt (@JudyArzt) November 14, 2015

We've reached out to Periscope for more information, and will update this post when we know more.