Tell HN: Meta is down
Meta is currently down, facebook, insta. The outage is not registered on https://metastatus.com/ , possibly implying a greater outage.
Meta is currently down, facebook, insta. The outage is not registered on https://metastatus.com/ , possibly implying a greater outage.
Discussion Highlights (20 comments)
iamthejuan
downdetector 404
ericmay
The home pages (I don't have accounts) load just fine. Maybe it is already resolved.
nvj2008
Down detector showing a spike in Facebook outages prior to going 404
mesmertech
noticed it cause of ad manager, the main facebook site being down is kinda weird tho. I don't remember when was the last time that happened
santiagobasulto
Whatsapp is working fine for me (in Europe) btw
everdrive
Hopefully it stays down.
apavlinovic
Same here, down
josefritzishere
AI slopification
amirhirsch
Someone at Meta used Fable. Fable seized its opportunity to make the world safer.
supergilbert
First time I see facebook down. Willing to bet it comes from an AI-assisted code change.
jarm0
"I'll just do this small release on a Friday before heading out" - thought a software engineer before AI-slopification period. Today it was probably some AI agent which fixed all of the performance issues by deleting everything.
pelagicAustral
Boomers on self-deprecation watch.
iradik
Instagram is working for me but Facebook is not. What’s app working.
sgt
With all these services down, is it possible to find out if anything of importance is down?
dvh
Naming things is hard: if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('FBForIPhone') >= 0 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('FBIOS') >= 0 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('FBAN') >= 0 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('FB4A') >= 0) { classes += 'app '; }
hidelooktropic
It's just Facebook.
baggachipz
record grass touching
cluckindan
A communications disruption can only mean one thing…
sgt
Seems Meta API's for WhatsApp is down. But WhatsApp between users seem to be up.
Spqa
It's not DNS. There's no way it's DNS. It was DNS