Facebook apps are in trouble

From what we can see, WhatsApp and Instagram have not been working since 6.30pm. A common obscurity affects these services owned by Facebook.

7:10 pm Update: Three apps, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, seem to be slowly recovering.

Original article published at 6.30 pm:

6.30pm, Applications Share, Instagram And Ambassador Will no longer work in France on March 19, 2021. All three sites are property Facebook.

All three applications are offline

This is what can be found in the Down Detector, which tests whether a service is offline with other users. Here is an overview of crash levels on Instagram.

Breakdown on Instagram

A similar map can be found on WhatsApp.

Breakdown on WhatsApp

Finally, the breakdown in Messenger has grown significantly.

Breakdown in Messenger

This is a common failure, as the three applications WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger cannot be used and messages cannot be received or sent. Even with our modification DNS, Services are offline, which means the problem comes directly from the Facebook parent company.

Below is also Facebook’s own internal website

I think there can be no SEV when you cannot submit pic.twitter.com/vRErGCnup3

– Jane Manjun Wong (ongwongmjane) March 19, 2021

There is no doubt that the company’s teams are currently on the bridge to address this issue. The concern seems really deep. As Jan Manjun Wong points out, even an internal Facebook technology site is currently down.