New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The Target mobile app continues to face disruptions on Friday, December 19, leaving thousands of shoppers across the United States unable to place new orders or track existing purchases during a crucial holiday shopping period.

Reports of the outage began surfacing earlier in the day and remained unresolved by the evening, frustrating customers relying on the retailer's digital platforms for last minute shopping.

According to outage tracking website Downdetector, more than a thousand users reported issues around 4.42 pm EST. The majority of complaints pointed to problems with the Target app and website, including failed checkouts, order tracking errors and login issues.

Social media platforms were quickly flooded ...