# Alipay, Taobao, Xianyu Went Dark. Smells Like a Message Queue Meltdown.

> Dec 4, 2025, Taobao, Alipay, and Xianyu all cratered. Users got charged while orders still showed “unpaid,” a carbon copy of the 2024 Double-11 fiasco.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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Dec 4, 2025, Taobao, Alipay, and Xianyu all cratered. Users got charged while orders still showed “unpaid,” a carbon copy of the 2024 Double-11 fiasco. [**Read more**](https://vonng.com/en/cloud/alipay-crash/)