Millions of Facebook and Instagram users experienced tough times on Friday night. Around 9:30 pm a serious failure began, which led to the unavailability of the main Meta services: Facebook, Messenger and Instagram were all inactive. Fortunately, the unavailability of services did not last long: around 10:40 pm the breakdown ended.
Time 21:30
Downdetector reports clearly show the extent of the problem: the number of failure reports grows very rapidly, reaching thousands in a short time. In addition to Facebook itself, Messenger and Instagram have also stopped working. The crash affects both the desktop version and mobile applications.
The issues began to be reported around 9:30 pm and a map showing the geographic distribution of the reports shows that the lack of access to Facebook has been reported nationwide. Most of the reports come from larger cities in Poland, although there are also reports from smaller cities.
Reports of Facebook crashes are growing rapidly
Private users of access to Meta sites comment: “There is no possibility to open the page”, “Our class did not rain :(“, “Dead specifically”. The individual observations are confirmed by the statistics of the Facebook, Messenger and Instagram reports that are made available on an ongoing basis.
Update, hours. 22:15
Updated Downdetector statistics show that after 10pm the number of crash reports began to drop significantly. There is a possibility that the lack of access is limited to a few tens of minutes.
Update, hours. 22:40
Facebook and Messenger are already running. Instagram also loads correctly, both in the desktop version and through the application. The great failure of Meta services has come to an end.
Łukasz Michalik, journalist of dobreprogramy.pl
