diff --git a/src/extractors/x-oembed.ts b/src/extractors/x-oembed.ts
index 48bad5ee7..255936437 100644
--- a/src/extractors/x-oembed.ts
+++ b/src/extractors/x-oembed.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ interface FxTwitterResponse {
 	};
 }
 
+type FxTwitterTweet = FxTwitterResponse['tweet'];
+
+interface FxTwitterThreadResponse {
+	code: number;
+	thread: FxTwitterTweet[];
+}
+
 interface FxTwitterArticleMediaEntity {
 	media_id: string;
 	media_info: {
@@ -193,24 +200,44 @@ export class XOembedExtractor extends BaseExtractor {
 		const match = this.url.match(/\/([a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_]{0,14})\/(status|article)\/(\d+)/);
 		if (!match) return null;
 
+		// Try Thread (v2) first
 		try {
-			const data = await this.fetchFxTwitter(match[1], match[3]);
-			// If it's an article, use the rich article renderer
-			if (data.tweet?.article) {
-				return this.buildArticleResult(data);
+			const data = await this.fetchFxTwitter(null, match[3]);
+			if ('thread' in data) {
+				// If it's an article, use the rich article renderer
+				if (data.thread[0]?.article) {
+					return this.buildArticleResult(data);
+				}
+				// Otherwise use the full tweet text from FxTwitter
+				if (data.thread[0]?.text) {
+					return this.buildThreadResult(data);
+				}
 			}
-			// Otherwise use the full tweet text from FxTwitter
-			if (data.tweet?.text) {
-				return this.buildTweetResult(data);
+		} catch { /* fall through */ }
+
+		// Fallback to v1
+		try {
+			const data = await this.fetchFxTwitter(match[1], match[3]);
+			if ('tweet' in data) {
+				// If it's an article, use the rich article renderer
+				if (data.tweet?.article) {
+					return this.buildArticleResult(data);
+				}
+				// Otherwise use the full tweet text from FxTwitter
+				if (data.tweet?.text) {
+					return this.buildTweetResult(data);
+				}
 			}
 			return null;
-		} catch {
-			return null;
-		}
+		} catch { /* fall through */ }
+
+		return null;
 	}
 
-	private async fetchFxTwitter(username: string, id: string): Promise<FxTwitterResponse> {
-		const apiUrl = `https://api.fxtwitter.com/${username}/status/${id}`;
+	private async fetchFxTwitter(username: string | null, id: string): Promise<FxTwitterResponse | FxTwitterThreadResponse> {
+		const apiUrl = username
+			? `https://api.fxtwitter.com/${username}/status/${id}`
+			: `https://api.fxtwitter.com/2/thread/${id}`;
 		const response = await this.fetch(apiUrl, {
 			headers: {
 				'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Defuddle/1.0; +https://defuddle.md)',
@@ -233,13 +260,13 @@ export class XOembedExtractor extends BaseExtractor {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private buildArticleResult(data: FxTwitterResponse): ExtractorResult {
-		const article = data.tweet.article!;
+	private buildArticleResult(data: FxTwitterResponse | FxTwitterThreadResponse): ExtractorResult {
+		const article = 'thread' in data ? data.thread[0]?.article! : data.tweet.article!;
 		const { blocks, entityMap } = article.content;
 		const mediaEntities = article.media_entities || [];
 		const contentHtml = this.renderArticle(blocks, entityMap, article.cover_media, mediaEntities);
-		const handle = `@${data.tweet.author.screen_name}`;
-		const published = this.toDateString(article.created_at) ?? this.toDateString(data.tweet.created_at);
+		const handle = `@${'thread' in data ? data.thread[0]?.author.screen_name : data.tweet.author.screen_name}`;
+		const published = this.toDateString(article.created_at) ?? this.toDateString('thread' in data ? data.thread[0]?.created_at : data.tweet.created_at);
 
 		return {
 			content: contentHtml,
@@ -275,6 +302,34 @@ export class XOembedExtractor extends BaseExtractor {
 		};
 	}
 
+	private buildThreadResult(data: FxTwitterThreadResponse): ExtractorResult | null {
+		const thread = data.thread;
+		if (!thread || thread.length === 0) return null;
+
+		const [original, ...threadTweets] = thread;
+		const originalTweet = this.renderTweet(original);
+		const threadContent = threadTweets
+			.map(tweet => this.renderTweet(tweet))
+			.filter(Boolean);
+		const postContent = [originalTweet, ...threadContent].join('\n<hr>\n');
+		const handle = `@${original.author.screen_name}`;
+		const contentHtml = buildContentHtml('twitter', postContent, '');
+		const published = this.toDateString(original.created_at);
+		const description = (original.text || '').trim().slice(0, 140).replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+
+		return {
+			content: contentHtml,
+			contentHtml,
+			variables: {
+				title: this.postTitle(handle, 'X'),
+				author: handle,
+				site: 'X (Twitter)',
+				description,
+				...(published && { published }),
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Convert a Unicode code-point index to a UTF-16 code-unit offset.
 	 * FxTwitter facet indices count code points (emoji = 1) but JavaScript
diff --git a/tests/x-oembed-surrogates.test.ts b/tests/x-oembed-surrogates.test.ts
index 8b01e3b10..1fcb9805f 100644
--- a/tests/x-oembed-surrogates.test.ts
+++ b/tests/x-oembed-surrogates.test.ts
@@ -146,3 +146,128 @@ describe('XOembedExtractor — FxTwitter surrogate-pair index adjustment', () =>
 		);
 	});
 });
+
+describe('XOembedExtractor — FxTwitter thread support and fallback', () => {
+	const THREAD_API_RESPONSE = {
+		code: 200,
+		thread: [
+			{
+				url: 'https://x.com/testuser/status/123',
+				id: '123',
+				text: 'This is the first tweet of the thread.',
+				author: {
+					screen_name: 'testuser',
+					name: 'Test User',
+				},
+				created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+			},
+			{
+				url: 'https://x.com/testuser/status/124',
+				id: '124',
+				text: 'This is the second tweet of the thread.',
+				author: {
+					screen_name: 'testuser',
+					name: 'Test User',
+				},
+				created_at: '2026-01-01T00:01:00.000Z',
+			},
+		],
+	};
+
+	const SINGLE_TWEET_API_RESPONSE = {
+		code: 200,
+		tweet: {
+			url: 'https://x.com/testuser/status/123',
+			id: '123',
+			text: 'This is the first tweet of the thread.',
+			author: {
+				screen_name: 'testuser',
+				name: 'Test User',
+			},
+			created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+		},
+	};
+
+	function mockFetchForThreadFallback(threadData: any, tweetData: any, shouldThreadFail: boolean) {
+		return async (input: RequestInfo | URL, _init?: RequestInit) => {
+			const url = typeof input === 'string' ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.toString() : input.url;
+			if (url.includes('/2/thread/')) {
+				if (shouldThreadFail) {
+					return new Response('Rate Limited', { status: 429 });
+				}
+				return new Response(JSON.stringify(threadData), {
+					status: 200,
+					headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+				});
+			}
+			if (url.includes('/status/')) {
+				return new Response(JSON.stringify(tweetData), {
+					status: 200,
+					headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+				});
+			}
+			return new Response(JSON.stringify({ html: '<blockquote>oEmbed fallback</blockquote>', author_name: 'testuser', author_url: 'https://x.com/testuser' }), {
+				status: 200,
+				headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+			});
+		};
+	}
+
+	test('successfully fetches and renders full thread via v2 API', async () => {
+		const doc = parseLinkedomHTML(
+			'<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Test</title></head><body></body></html>',
+			'https://x.com/testuser/status/123',
+		);
+
+		const result = await Defuddle(doc, 'https://x.com/testuser/status/123', {
+			fetch: mockFetchForThreadFallback(THREAD_API_RESPONSE, SINGLE_TWEET_API_RESPONSE, false),
+		});
+
+		expect(result.content).toContain('This is the first tweet of the thread.');
+		expect(result.content).toContain('This is the second tweet of the thread.');
+		expect(result.content).toContain('<hr>');
+	});
+
+	test('cascades to v1 single tweet when v2 rate limited (429)', async () => {
+		const doc = parseLinkedomHTML(
+			'<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Test</title></head><body></body></html>',
+			'https://x.com/testuser/status/123',
+		);
+
+		const result = await Defuddle(doc, 'https://x.com/testuser/status/123', {
+			fetch: mockFetchForThreadFallback(THREAD_API_RESPONSE, SINGLE_TWEET_API_RESPONSE, true),
+		});
+
+		expect(result.content).toContain('This is the first tweet of the thread.');
+		expect(result.content).not.toContain('This is the second tweet of the thread.');
+	});
+
+	test('cascades to oEmbed when both v2 and v1 fail', async () => {
+		const doc = parseLinkedomHTML(
+			'<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Test</title></head><body></body></html>',
+			'https://x.com/testuser/status/123',
+		);
+
+		const failingFetch = async (input: RequestInfo | URL, _init?: RequestInit) => {
+			const url = typeof input === 'string' ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.toString() : input.url;
+			if (url.includes('api.fxtwitter.com')) {
+				return new Response('Fail', { status: 500 });
+			}
+			return new Response(JSON.stringify({
+				html: '<blockquote><p>oEmbed fallback text</p></blockquote>',
+				author_name: 'Test User',
+				author_url: 'https://twitter.com/testuser',
+				provider_name: 'Twitter'
+			}), {
+				status: 200,
+				headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+			});
+		};
+
+		const result = await Defuddle(doc, 'https://x.com/testuser/status/123', {
+			fetch: failingFetch,
+		});
+
+		expect(result.content).toContain('oEmbed fallback text');
+	});
+});