Pokémon GO the annoying glitch that ruined my morning, Friends List error

This morning, I was in the mood to send my friends some gifts. With all my glistening happiness, I opened the Friends list, and I saw something dreadful, an “Error” message.
Many players, including myself, are reporting a very annoying glitch that has been happening all morning, and this glitch doesn’t let players access their Friends list. The loading circle goes on and on, and after some time, an “Error” message appears with a blank tab. Personally, I have tried the “reboot” trick, but it doesn’t seem to work.
By now, to be honest, I have been accustomed to this glitch, especially when there is high traffic in the game. However, it can get quite annoying when there are big and meaningful bonuses tied to XP, Stardust and whatnot.
At the moment of writing, there aren’t any official statements coming from Niantic, so we will see how this will pan out.
Is this happening to you? Have you reached out to Niantic? Feel free to share with us if you have any tricks on resolving this.