In the internet age, when a server shuts down or stops serving requests, it's termed as an outage. It is defined as a period when the power supply or other services aren't available or the equipment has closed down. Other operations like loading the algorithmic feed, sending messages on WhatsApp, and delivering ads were working fine. The company hasn't elaborated further on what the exact issue was, but we do know it only affected the transfer of pictures and videos. Users moved to Twitter and complained about the prolonged outage that lasted almost 10 hours.įacebook was quick to say it was aware of the problem and was “working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.” It later added that the issue was triggered during a maintenance operation. The parent company Facebook was quick to acknowledge it was experiencing an outage and assured that services shall be restored soon.Īccording to, which tracks website issues, the problems started around 5 AM Pacific time and appeared to impact users across the globe, particularly in the United States and in Europe.
Last night, millions of users across the globe weren't able to completely use Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook.