TuJu Software Bugs & Routing Inaccuracies In Less Than 24 Hours From Announcement

Source: DSF.my
Published on: 2026-10-22 10:09

A Technical Breakdown at TuJu Or What? Just a day ago Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced a ban on Waze for civil servants on official duty and strongly recommending TuJu, a locally developed highway navigation app as a privacy-centric alternative. Within 24 hours of the government mandate and media exposure, TuJu suffered widespread server outages, route navigation failures, and UI glitches. Downloads skyrocketed past 700,000 in a single day, causing the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) and co-developer Prosignal Consortium to issue an official public apology for the system crash. What Caused TuJu's Day-One Failure? Unprecedented TuJu User Surge & Server Bottleneck Before the announcement, TuJu functioned primarily as a highway camera and toll checker app for long-distance drivers and so its users were small. When the government directed civil servants to switch to T...

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