Thousands of workers stared at blank screens Monday morning. Microsoft Outlook, the digital lifeline for inboxes worldwide, ground to a halt. Reports flooded in from the U.S., U.K., and beyond—sign-in loops, ‘too many requests’ errors, unexpected logouts. By mid-morning, Downdetector tallied over 1,200 complaints, with 68% citing total login failures. It’s not isolated. This outage echoes a pattern of disruptions that have plagued Microsoft’s email service. Microsoft acknowledged the chaos swiftly. On its service health dashboard , the company labeled it a degradation affecting consumer products. ‘Users may experience intermittent sign-in failures, including “too many requests” errors or unexpected sign-outs,’ the status read. Engineers moved fast: ‘We’re reverting a recently introduced change to determine if this action provides relief from impact upon completion.…