Mcdonald's Caviar Kit Timeline: from Viral Tease to Instant Sellout
At 10:55 AM ET, traffic on the promotional landing page surged into the tens of thousands. Casual diners, streetwear collectors, and professional flippers gathered at their screens, frantically refreshing the checkout portal.
At 11:00 AM ET, the claim button turned active. Within four seconds, server latency spiked. Rather than loading the cart screen, visitors encountered unresponsive forms, Cloudflare error screens, and indefinite loading animations.
By 11:02 AM ET, visitors attempting to submit their shipping details were greeted with 504 Gateway Timeout notices. The limited inventory, rumored to be strictly capped in the low thousands, was already wiped out. The few users who received order confirmations had completed the digital queue in under thirty seconds.
By 11:05 AM ET, the official landing page swapped out its interactive form for a static splash page declaring the entire allotment gone. Disappointed fans flooded X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit with screenshots of failed transactions, airing grievances over bot interference and under-provisioned digital infrastructure.