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Meta Outage History

Every past Meta outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 526 Meta outages since May 2023. The 138 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Facebook Ads Manager - Ads Creation and Editing

Detected Mar 3, 2026 6:35 PM EST · Resolved Mar 4, 2026 11:04 AM EST · Duration about 16 hours

Facebook Ads Manager experienced a major outage that prevented users from creating and editing advertisements. The disruption lasted 28 minutes before services were fully restored. Meta resolved the issue and apologized for the inconvenience caused to advertisers.

Minor March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Facebook Ads Manager - Ads Delivery

Detected Mar 3, 2026 6:20 PM EST · Resolved Mar 4, 2026 11:04 AM EST · Duration about 17 hours

Meta experienced a major outage affecting Facebook Ads Manager that disrupted ad delivery across their platform for 43 minutes. The incident impacted advertisers' ability to deliver ads through the Facebook advertising system. Meta's engineering teams resolved the issue and restored all ad delivery services.

Minor March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Ads Transparency - Branded Content

Detected Mar 3, 2026 5:48 PM EST · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 7:23 PM EST · Duration about 2 hours

Meta experienced a 1.6-hour outage affecting the Branded Content Library within their Ads Transparency system. Users reported being unable to access their accounts, receiving "Account Temporarily Unavailable" messages when trying to use Business Suite, and experiencing issues with uploading graphics and scheduling posts. The issue was resolved after Meta's teams addressed the underlying problem.

Minor March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Ads Transparency - Ad Library Report

Detected Mar 3, 2026 5:47 PM EST · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 7:23 PM EST · Duration about 2 hours

Meta experienced a minor outage affecting the Ad Library Report within their Ads Transparency system for 1.6 hours. Users reported being unable to access their accounts, receiving "Account Temporarily Unavailable" messages, and experiencing issues with uploading graphics and scheduling posts in Business Suite. The issue was resolved by Meta's engineering teams.

Minor March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Ads Transparency - Ad Library API

Detected Mar 3, 2026 5:47 PM EST · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 7:23 PM EST · Duration about 2 hours

Meta experienced a 1.6-hour outage affecting the Ad Library API within their Ads Transparency service. Users reported being unable to access their accounts, receiving "Account Temporarily Unavailable" messages when trying to use Facebook and Business Suite, with additional issues including problems uploading images and scheduling posts. The issue was resolved after Meta's teams addressed the API problem.

Minor March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Ads Transparency - Ad Library

Detected Mar 3, 2026 5:46 PM EST · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 7:23 PM EST · Duration about 2 hours

Meta's Ad Library experienced an outage that prevented users from accessing their accounts, with users receiving "Account Temporarily Unavailable" messages when trying to access Business Suite and Facebook. The issue also affected content uploading and post scheduling functionality. The outage lasted 1.6 hours before being resolved.

Major March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Ads Transparency - Ad Library Report

Detected Mar 3, 2026 5:39 PM EST · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 5:45 PM EST · Duration 6 minutes

Meta experienced a major outage affecting their Ads Transparency service, specifically the Ad Library Report functionality. Users reported being unable to access Facebook, receiving messages that their accounts were temporarily unavailable due to a site issue. The incident was resolved within 6 minutes.

Major March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Ads Transparency - Ad Library

Detected Mar 3, 2026 5:38 PM EST · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 5:45 PM EST · Duration 7 minutes

Meta's Ad Library experienced a major outage affecting the Ads Transparency service for 7 minutes. Users reported being unable to access Facebook, receiving messages that their accounts were temporarily unavailable due to a site issue. The issue was resolved after Meta's teams addressed the underlying problem.

Major March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in Instagram Boost - Ads Creation

Detected Mar 3, 2026 5:20 PM EST · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 7:43 PM EST · Duration about 2 hours

Meta experienced a major outage affecting Instagram Boost ad creation and editing capabilities for 2.4 hours. Users reported widespread issues including inability to access Facebook accounts, login failures across multiple browsers, and "Account Temporarily Unavailable" error messages, with some also experiencing problems uploading content and scheduling posts. The incident was resolved after engineering teams addressed the underlying site issues.

Major March 3, 2026

March 2026: Outage in WhatsApp Business API - Cloud API

Detected Mar 3, 2026 7:10 AM EST · Resolved Mar 3, 2026 4:56 PM EST · Duration about 10 hours

Meta's WhatsApp Business API experienced a major outage affecting the Cloud API's Business Initiated Calling functionality for 9.8 hours on March 3rd, 2026. The disruption prevented businesses from making outbound calls through the WhatsApp Business platform. Engineering teams investigated and resolved the issue, though specific resolution details were not provided in the incident report.