Why was Facebook Instagram and Whatsapp down?

The outages on Monday at Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram occurred because of a problem in the company’s domain name system, a relatively unknown — at least to the masses — but crucial component of the internet. Commonly known as DNS, it’s like a phone book for the internet.

What caused the global Facebook outage?

Facebook issued a statement on Tuesday confirming that the cause of the outage was a configuration change to the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between the company’s data centres, which had a cascading effect, bringing all Facebook services to a halt.

Why were Instagram and Whatsapp down?

After almost a six-hour outage due to DNS routing problems, Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp were back online for some users. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has broken silence about the global outage saying that that the services “are coming back online now”.

What’s the reason for WhatsApp down?

Mark Zuckerberg apologises for Facebook, WhatsApp disruption Facebook cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services.

Has WhatsApp and Instagram crashed?

The apps had crashed for users worldwide on Monday, 4 October, evening. Messaging app WhatsApp, as well as Instagram and Facebook, reconnected to the global internet early on Tuesday, 5 October, morning after being down for nearly six hours.

Why is Instagram not working today?

Try to restart the app (or your phone) First try to completely close Instagram (if you need a refresher, here’s how to close an app on Android or close an app on iOS), and then run Instagram again. If the problem persists, shut down your Android phone or shut down your iPhone and restart it. Then try Instagram again.

Has Facebook and WhatsApp crashed?

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp crashed globally for six hours on Monday, October 4, 2021 due to a major power outage. With services now back up and running, questions are being asked about what happened to Facebook, and why it took so long to fix.