WhatsApp is back after almost two hour-long disruption, longest outage of the year 2022
WhatsApp is back after almost two hour-long outage. The service went down for users across several parts of the world. The instant messaging website is showed connection/server error.
Users reported that they are not able to make calls or send messages on the Facebook-owned messaging platform. Some users in Ghana also reported trouble while sending images and videos.
This is the biggest outage reported this year. The last-longest disruption in WhatsApp services was reported on October 5, 2021. During that time Facebook family off apps went down including both WhatsApp and Instagram.
As per Downdetector website, which tracks internet outages, users started reporting issues starting at 12.07 pm and they peaked around 12.51 pm. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.
The extent of the disruption is not known.
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However, the outage appeared widespread. In Ghana, the affected cities include Tema, Accra, Koforidua, and Bolgatanga, but users from the US, Germany, South Africa, Bahrain, Bangladesh and several other countries also complained that they are facing issues with the service and that it is not working smoothly.
What WhatsApp said
WhatsApp acknowledged the issue. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we’re working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible,” a Meta spokesperson said.
It is not clear what caused the disruption. There is no statement on this so far from WhatsApp or parent company Meta (erstwhile Facebook) on this. The app’s outage comes during the approaching festive season in around the globe.
Longest outage of WhatsApp happened in October 2021
The last longest WhatsApp outage happened on October 5, 2021. Social media giant Facebook and its family of apps WhatsApp and Instagram were inaccessible to billions of users for around six hours.
