Meta Outage History

Meta experienced a 94-hour outage affecting the Ad Library Report within their Ads Transparency service. The issue caused medium disruptions to users' ability to access advertising transparency data through the Ad Library Report feature. Meta's teams worked to resolve the problem, though the extended duration indicates a complex technical issue requiring significant time to address.

WhatsApp Business API experienced low-level disruptions affecting message sending functionality through the Cloud API, with users also reporting login issues. The outage lasted 3.2 hours and was resolved after engineering teams identified the root cause and deployed a fix.

Meta experienced low-level disruptions affecting message sending functionality on the WhatsApp Business API Cloud service. The outage began around 10:00 AM GMT+8 and impacted the WhatsApp Business API component for approximately 2.7 hours. Engineering teams investigated and resolved the issue affecting the messaging capabilities.

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.