Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Messenger are back online after widespread “technical issues” took down many of Meta’s biggest apps for several hours on Wednesday. “We are 99% towards our goal, just making final checks,” the company wrote. update For X, it happened almost 4 hours after I first noticed the outage.
The company did not elaborate on the cause of the problem or when it would be fully resolved. As of 4:30 p.m. PT Wednesday, Meta’s status dashboard still shows “significant disruption” to business and transparency tools, but other services are listed as “resolved” or “recovering.” It was marked. However, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, and Messenger seem to have mostly recovered.
Thank you for your cooperation! We are 99% of the way to our destination. Just doing a final check. We sincerely apologize to everyone affected by the power outage.
— Meta (@Meta) December 11, 2024
Earlier in the day, more than 90,000 issues were reported on Downdetector on Facebook.com alone, as X and Bluesky users reported problems loading and using Meta’s apps. For a while, Meta’s corporate site also displayed the text “This page is currently unavailable.” When Engadget first reached out to Meta for comment, the company pointed to a short statement on X in which it acknowledged that “technical issues are impacting the ability of some users to access our apps.” .
Meta last dealt with a major outage in March 2024 that left users unable to access apps and services for two hours. The outage was attributed to “technical issues” by Meta’s director of communications, Andy Stone, which is the same explanation Meta has provided earlier today.
Updated, December 11, 2024, 4:50 PM ET: Added details about outage length and impact on Meta Enterprise tools.
Updated, December 11, 2024, 7:50 PM ET: Added comment from Meta regarding the status of the outage.
