WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook are recovering after outages
WhatsApp was down worldwide, impacting the 2 billion users of the messaging service. Users started experiencing issues connecting to WhatsApp in multiple countries just after 2PM ET today, with the service stuck on “connecting” for many.
Users could still send messages, but they weren’t delivered until WhatsApp came back online.
A status page for Meta’s business APIs was updated to note problems with connecting to Whatsapp, Messenger, and Instagram, but as of 4PM ET, the issues seem to be resolved for most of us. The Verge contacted Meta about the issues, but we have not received a response yet.
For other Meta services like Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, many people were reporting issues trying to view recent posts or trying to create new posts on the services, but now those seem to be working consistently again.
Update April 3rd, 2:53PM ET: Added details on Facebook and Instagram issues.
Update April 3rd, 4:09PM ET: Noted access appears to be restored.
WhatsApp was down worldwide, impacting the 2 billion users of the messaging service. Users started experiencing issues connecting to WhatsApp in multiple countries just after 2PM ET today, with the service stuck on “connecting” for many. Users could still send messages, but they weren’t delivered until WhatsApp came back online.…
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