Instagram, Threads, Meta, and WhatsApp, virtually, all of Meta's main services suffered outage on Wednesday afternoon. While none of the platforms appeared to return 500 errors, many stopped updating and refused to accept posts.
Down Detector shows a massive increase in outage reports for all the services starting at about noon ET. Since then, they've slowly but by no means completely, recovered. Other unrelated sites and services, according to Down Detector, also appeared to be struggling at the same time, including Amazon's AWS service which backs many of the popular sites and services throughout the Internet.
On Threads, we couldn't upload images or refresh our feeds. On Instagram, notifications are empty.
We've contacted Meta for comment and will update this live blog with its response.
AWS have a role here
As we mentioned, AWS, at least according to Down Detector, was also struggling in the early afternoon. Since we've heard whispers of other services outside the Meta's orbit also struggling, this might be a bigger issue than one company's servers. AWS serves countless websites and online services.
How it started
We first noticed the outage on Threads where the platform began rejecting image uploads. Soon, the feeds started disappearing.
Subsequent checks of Instagram and Facebook showed similar instabilities.
In case you didn't know, Threads is owned by Instagram, which is also owned by Meta. The upstart social media platform has grown quickly over the last 16 months and has been remarkably stable. In recent months, its biggest challenge has come not from infrastructure but from Bluesky, which while slightly older than Threads recently rose to prominence during a mass exodus from X (formerly Twitter). For what it's worth, Bluesky and X appear unaffected by any larger Internet issues.
A recovery
By 3:58 PM ET, most of Meta's major services appeared to be recovering. Down Detector showed a significant downturn in outage reports
Instagram Notifications reappeared and Threads was, for the most part, accepting image uploads.
The uncertainty of it all
This is the kind of platform outage that leaves you guessing. Systems work, but inconsistently. I was posting – I thought – but was pretty sure no one was seeing it. I finally posted a poll on Threads to see if the system was still out or if social engagement would continue.
With exactly two votes (at this writing) it's clear that not everything is working as it should.
Post by @lanceulanoffView on Threads
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