Facebook Outage History

WhatsApp Business API experienced medium disruptions affecting the onboarding process for coexistence features, lasting 1.3 hours starting at 9:00 AM PST. Users also reported issues with Messenger not loading messages and Facebook becoming unresponsive to clicks during this period. Engineering teams investigated and resolved the service disruptions.

Facebook experienced low-level disruptions affecting the Messenger API for Instagram that prevented or degraded messaging functionality for applications using the service. The outage lasted approximately 2.4 hours while engineering teams investigated and resolved the issue. The incident was classified as minor with limited impact on the platform's messaging capabilities.

WhatsApp Business API's Embedded Signup feature experienced major disruptions for 13.7 hours due to an identified root cause issue. The outage prevented businesses from using the embedded signup functionality within the WhatsApp Business API platform. Engineering teams deployed a fix to resolve the high-impact disruptions affecting the service.

Facebook's Meta Secure Research Environment experienced an outage that disrupted notebook exports and python package installation functionality. The incident lasted 24.1 hours and affected researchers' ability to export their work and install necessary Python packages. Services have been fully restored and normal operations resumed.

Facebook's Meta Audience Network experienced a revenue reporting issue that lasted 8.3 hours. The outage affected the platform's ability to generate accurate revenue reports for advertisers and publishers. The issue was classified as minor with low disruptions and has been resolved.

Facebook Ads Manager experienced an outage that prevented some advertisers from creating or editing their ads for 2.7 hours. Users also reported being unable to view comments in feeds or see comments on posts during the incident. Engineering teams resolved the issue after actively working on the problem.

Facebook experienced a minor outage affecting the Meta Content Library API's data transparency features and Facebook search functionality. The service disruption lasted approximately 13 days with low-level disruptions reported. Facebook's engineering teams worked to resolve the search-related issues during this extended period.

Facebook experienced a minor outage affecting its search functionality and the Meta Content Library data transparency service. The issue caused low-level disruptions to users' ability to search on the platform. The outage lasted approximately 13 days before being resolved by Facebook's engineering teams.

Facebook experienced a minor outage affecting the Ad Library Report feature, which allows users to access advertising transparency data. The issue caused medium-level disruptions for users trying to access ad reporting functionality. The outage lasted approximately 94 hours before being resolved by Facebook's engineering teams.

WhatsApp Business API Cloud service experienced low-level disruptions that prevented messages from sending properly for 3.2 hours. Users reported that messages were not being delivered completely. Engineering teams identified the issue and deployed a fix with service restoration completed by the estimated 6PM PST timeline.