Meta Outage History

Meta experienced a major outage affecting Facebook Ads Manager that impacted ad delivery for 1.6 hours on March 17, 2026. The disruption caused high-level interruptions to advertising campaigns running through the platform. Engineering teams resolved the issue after actively working to restore normal ad delivery functionality.

WhatsApp Business API experienced a major outage affecting QR Code scanning for Coexistence Onboarding via the Embedded Signup Flow, preventing businesses from completing their onboarding process. The disruption lasted 2.5 hours from March 10, 2026 at 19:14 UTC until 21:30 UTC. Meta deployed a fix that successfully mitigated the issue and restored normal functionality.

Facebook Ads Manager experienced an outage that prevented some advertisers from creating or editing their ads for 1.2 hours. The issue was classified as minor with low disruptions affecting the Ads Manager component. Meta's engineering teams resolved the problem after actively working on the issue.

WhatsApp Business API experienced medium disruptions affecting template messages with URL buttons and media headers, with iOS users on version 2.26.8.76 encountering a broken experience. The outage lasted 22.2 hours starting March 6, 2026 at 20:00 UTC. Meta deployed a fix with expected resolution by March 13, 2026 at 19:00 UTC.

Facebook Ads Manager experienced disruptions that prevented some advertisers from creating or editing their ads. The outage lasted approximately 1.1 hours before being resolved by Meta's engineering teams.

Meta's Marketing API experienced an outage that prevented users from creating and editing ads through the API. The disruption lasted 3.7 hours before being resolved by engineering teams. This was classified as a minor service incident with medium-level disruptions to advertising operations.

Meta Audience Network experienced a 5.7-hour outage affecting revenue reporting functionality. The incident was classified as minor with medium disruptions to reporting services. Meta resolved the reporting issue and apologized for the inconvenience caused to users.

Facebook Ads Manager experienced disruptions that prevented some advertisers from creating or editing their ads for 13.5 hours. The issue was classified as a minor outage affecting the Ads Manager component. Meta's engineering teams worked to resolve the problem, though no specific resolution details were provided in the incident report.

WhatsApp Business API experienced high disruptions affecting Business Initiated Calling functionality for 7.4 hours. The engineering team identified the root cause and deployed a fix over the course of several hours. The outage specifically impacted the Cloud API's calling capabilities for business users.

Facebook Ads Manager experienced a major outage lasting 2.1 hours where advertisers could not access or view their ads reporting. Users encountered "Account temporarily unavailable due to a site issue" errors when trying to log into Ads Manager on desktop browsers, though mobile app access remained functional for some users. Meta's engineering teams resolved the issue after actively working to restore service.