Most Services Restored to WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook After Brief Outage

WhatsApp is apparently back online, but some lingering issues are still being reported across other Meta services, engineering teams are investigating.

Logos of Facebook, Instagram, and mobile messaging service WhatsApp on the screens of a smartphone and a tablet in Toulouse, southwestern France, on Oct. 5, 2020. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Normal Service has been restored to most Meta services on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads after an outage and issues reported by users across the globe over the last few hours.

According to DownDetector, which monitors major website outages, users began reporting problems on the Meta-owned platforms at about 2 p.m. in the United States. WhatsApp was down worldwide, while Facebook, Instagram, and Threads users reported issues trying to view recent posts or create new ones.