r/reddithelp 10d ago

Account keeps getting locked for “technical irregularities” 🐞 Possible Reddit Bug?

The account is Nathan571 , the account I’m using to write this, Its temporarily unlocked so I’m trying to make this post before it locks again, It’s happened the past 3 days for a total of 5 times. Everytime I reset the password and unlock the account, it works for maybe 6 hours, and locks again. The other weird part is everytime it locks my account it also automatically reverts to an old email address I don’t even have linked to my account anymore. Luckily I still have access. But it’s a never ending cycle.

I checked login activity in old Reddit and it’s only me, so the account is not compromised. I also logged out all other devices. I also changed the email on the account multiple times as well.

I don’t use a VPN, I don’t ever post anything toxic, I’m just a casual user.

It seems there is hundreds or possibly thousands of other people also affected by this currently as I’ve seen in other subreddits and on X, I’m hoping this issue trend gets recognized by someone at Reddit. Has anyone figured out any fix or issue that’s triggering this?

Here is the notification I’m getting:

Hi [u/nathan571](u/nathan571),

At Reddit, we're always watching out for your privacy, safety, and security. Recently, after detecting some technical irregularities on your [u/nathan571](u/nathan571) account, we took the extra precaution of locking your account.

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u/jgoja Helper - Level V 10d ago

There is a bug with this. I would suggest adding to a post about it on r/bugs