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 and almost completely, recovered.
On Threads, we couldn’t upload images or refresh our feeds.
On Instagram, notifications were empty.
We’ve contacted Meta for comment and will update this live blog with its response.
But the good news is that most of Meta’s platforms now appear operational.
Here’s how it all went down (and came back up).
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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.
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.
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.
Based on the current chart WhatsApp also seems to be recovering.
It’s usually not.
