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Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Messenger are being brought back online after widespread “technical issues” took down many of Meta's biggest apps for several hours on Wednesday. “We are 99% complete and just doing final inspections,” the company wrote in the letter. renew Nearly four hours after the outage was first confirmed.
The company did not detail the source of the problem or when it would be fully resolved. As of 4:30 p.m. PT Wednesday, Meta's status dashboard While other services were marked as “resolved” or “recovering,” its business and transparency tools still showed some “significant outages.” However, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads and Messenger appear to have largely recovered.
Thank you for bearing with us! We're 99% done – just doing some final checks. We apologize to those affected by the outage.
— Meta (@Meta) December 11, 2024
Earlier in the day, there were Over 90,000 reports Facebook.com alone has a lot of problems with DownDetector because users are all over X and blue sky Report a problem loading and using the Meta application. For a while, even Meta's corporate website displayed the text “This page is now unavailable.” When Engadget first contacted Meta for comment, the company pointed to a brief statement on X Acknowledging that “technical issues are impacting some users' ability to access our app.”
Yuan last Handled a major power outage In March 2024, the company blocked users from accessing its apps and services for two hours. The reason for this power outage is “Technical Issues” Written by Meta Communications Director Andy Stone, this is the same explanation Meta currently offers.
Updated, December 11, 2024, 4:50 pm ET: Added more details about outage length and impact on Meta enterprise tools.
Updated, December 11, 2024 at 7:50 pm ET: Added additional comments from Meta regarding outage status.
