WHATSAPP WEB OUTAGE
WhatsApp web down today? Users face login issues, message sync problems; check status and reason for outage
WhatsApp Web users reported widespread login failures on Thursday, with many encountering blank screens and being unable to access chats. The disruption appeared to affect users across several countries and was accompanied by issues on other Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. The outage triggered a surge in complaints online as users struggled to access services during the disruption.
WhatsApp faces brief outage; users report issues loading web version
WhatsApp experienced a significant surge in reported issues on Thursday evening, with users struggling to send messages and connect to the service. The spike in complaints, observed around 7:30 p.m., suggests a widespread disruption rather than isolated technical problems. Users took to social media to voice their concerns about message delays and app accessibility.
Meta sees daily active users decline by 20 million across FB, Instagram and WhatsApp: Here's why
Meta Platforms experienced a slight decline of 20 million daily active users across its social media platforms in Q1 CY 2026, marking a break in its growth streak. While external factors were cited, the dip may signal user saturation or dissatisfaction as the company heavily invests in AI and infrastructure.
Cloudflare outage: Nithin Kamath apologises for Kite disruption, recommends WhatsApp backup to exit trades
A Cloudflare outage disrupted trading platforms including Zerodha, Groww and Angel One. Nithin Kamath apologised and highlighted risks of dependence on single infrastructure. Zerodha activated its independent WhatsApp-based Kite Backup system to help users exit positions during the downtime.
Are you unable to access X (aka Twitter)? Massive outage hits as ChatGPT and X go down — Here’s what happened and why millions can’t access X
ChatGPT and X down today after massive infrastructure glitch: ChatGPT and X are down after a massive global outage linked to a major Cloudflare failure. Users say X is not loading. Timelines are blank. New posts will not upload. ChatGPT is failing to load chats. Responses are timing out. Downdetector also went down. Cloudflare reports widespread 500 errors. Its dashboard and API are failing. In the US, X saw over 11,150 outage reports. The UK logged 3,895. Cloudflare says it is investigating. No recovery time is confirmed. Services remain unstable across regions.
Streaming services, messaging platforms offline for hours by AWS outage, exposing dependence on internet
Popular internet services ranging from streaming platforms to messaging services to banking were offline for hours Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network, illustrating the extent to which internet life depends on the tech titan. Some banks such as Lloyd's were also impacted, and pointed to Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform as the source.
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AWS outage disrupts thousands of services, exposes cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities
Amazon Web Services outage affected over 11 million users and 2,500 companies Monday, October 20, disrupting Zoom, Venmo, WhatsApp and banking services. The cloud computing failure highlights centralization risks as three providers, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, control internet infrastructure backbone
ChatGPT down: OpenAI gives big update amid global outage, says resolving issue as soon as possible; Know the affected components
ChatGPT experienced a significant disruption, leaving users unable to access the chatbot's core functionality and disrupting various tasks. OpenAI acknowledged the issue, confirming that chat responses were affected while other services remained operational. The outage sparked frustration among users and raised concerns about the platform's stability, prompting some to seek alternatives while OpenAI engineers work on a resolution.
ChatGPT massive global outage over, OpenAI engineers took over 2 hours to fix the issues and get the chatbot up and running
OpenAI's ChatGPT faced a significant global disruption early Wednesday. The AI tool experienced downtime affecting web, mobile, and desktop platforms. Users expressed frustration on social media. OpenAI engineers identified and resolved the root cause after some time. Rival AI platforms like Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity AI remained operational during the ChatGPT outage.
Is WhatsApp down in the US? Users find difficulty connecting; here is what we know so far
WhatsApp down in the United States. About 10,000 complaints were received on DownDetector. Users took to social media to complain about the issues, but no official response has been made by the company so far, as per a report.
WhatsApp web not working? Several users report outage around the world
Whatsapp Global Outage: WhatsApp users worldwide experienced disruptions accessing the platform's web version, affecting both personal and business accounts. Downdetector reported approximately 57% of users faced web issues, with an additional 35% encountering app problems. The outage prevented message sending and connection, triggering user complaints on social media. Meta, WhatsApp's parent company, has yet to issue an official statement.
WhatsApp web faces global outage, users unable to connect
According to Downdetector, the online website performance monitoring tool, around 57% of WhatsApp users have reported issues with the web version, while 35% have faced problems with the app.
Pakistan government admits tinkering with internet: Report
Pakistan’s government has acknowledged for the first time that it is upgrading its web management system to mitigate cyber security threats, leading to widespread internet disruptions. Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja explained that the situation has been exaggerated and described the upgrade as a standard procedure globally to improve internet security, affecting services like WhatsApp and social media.
WhatsApp outage shakes India: Users react with hilarious memes
The recent WhatsApp outage in India left users unable to access the app on both web and mobile platforms for over an hour. Social media platforms buzzed with humorous memes and jokes under the hashtag #WhatsAppdown. WhatsApp promptly responded, assuring users of restoration efforts, and acknowledged the global impact of the outage.
A unicorn in the making, Centre writes to Meta over WhatsApp outage, and more
Private equity giant Apis Partners is expected to lead the round and join in as a new investor. Apis is expected to invest roughly $65 million, with the rest of the corpus coming from internal investors and private equity funds.
Government asks Meta to explain WhatsApp outage
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) wants to know if WhatsApp's outage was due to an internal glitch or a cyberattack.
WhatsApp back in service: Meta fixes glitch after 2 hours of global outage
On Tuesday, WhatsApp, the popular messaging app, suddenly stopped working for everyone across various countries. Users saw many error messages while accessing the app; some even complained of being unable to connect to the server. However, the issue has been fixed by WhatsApp.
WhatsApp experiences outage , netizens flood Twitter with memes
Netizens coped with the tech glitch through some good ol' humour.
WhatsApp outage: Meta says the messaging service is back
Popular messaging service WhatsApp was out for more than an hour across the world for billions of users.
Instagram testing feature to notify users of outage or issue inside app
The test will run in the United States and will go on for a few months. The company is also planning to roll out a feature that will help making it easier for people to know whether their account is at risk of being disabled.
Facebook apologises for second outage in a week, services back up
Both the outages piled pressure on Facebook this week after a former employee turned whistleblower accused the company on Sunday of repeatedly prioritising profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation.
Facebook outage was caused by maintenance error, company says
The Facebook outage was the largest that Downdetector said it had ever seen. It blocked access to apps for billions of users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, further intensifying weeks of scrutiny for the nearly $1-trillion company.
WhatsApp outage hits trading in assets from crypto to Russian oil
WhatsApp usage among financial traders tracked by communications surveillance firm VoxSmart has boomed as banks accept that clients want to use the platform, even if bosses prefer their staff to use official messaging channels, VoxSmart CEO Oliver Blower said.
Facebook outage shows need for more players, EU's Vestager says
The outage prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, the largest ever tracked by web monitoring group Downdetector.
Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp back online after hours of global shutdown. What caused it?
When Facebook went down last evening, it's other services went down with it
Facebook says root cause of outage was faulty configuration change
The outage was the second blow to the social media giant in as many days after a whistleblower on Sunday accused Facebook of repeatedly prioritising profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation.
Gone in minutes, out for hours: How Facebook outage crippled daily lives of billions
The outage lasted more than five hours, before some apps slowly flickered back to life, though the company cautioned the services would take time to stabilize.
Data skimmers
In today's ETtech Top 5: the personal data of around half a billion LinkedIn users is up for sale online, and more.
Google resolves Android app crash issue
Several apps including those by Google such as Gmail, Gpay and others experienced sudden crashing on Android-based smartphones on Tuesday.
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