Instagram outage: Services restored hours after app encounters 'technical issue'
The Meta-owned app took to Twitter to confirm that the trouble faced by its users in accessing their profiles has been resolved.
- Mar 9, 2023,
- Updated Mar 9, 2023 1:21 PM IST
Instagram was back up and running after being inaccessible globally because of a technical issue.
The Meta-owned app took to Twitter to confirm that the trouble faced by its users in accessing their profiles has been resolved.
Instagram's services were affected globally. About 46,000 users in the US raised the issue on Downdetector, an online tool to track outages of websites and apps.
In India, the outage started at about 7 am and lasted for almost over 3 hours.
According to Downdetector, 50 per cent of users faced trouble regarding server connections and 20 per cent faced problems logging in.
Downdetector showed about 2,000 affected users from the UK, and more than 1,000 reports each from India and Australia.
Meanwhile, Twitter erupted with memes about the outage.
However, this is not the first time Instagram was reporting trouble. Over the last year, Meta and its family of apps -- Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp have been through major outages bringing work and communication to a grinding halt. More recently a outage had hit all the apps in January.
Read: Facebook Reels gets new features including extended length and syncing capability
Watch: Endorsements Know-Hows: Government releases guidelines for social media influencers
For Unparalleled coverage of India's Businesses and Economy – Subscribe to Business Today Magazine
Instagram was back up and running after being inaccessible globally because of a technical issue.
The Meta-owned app took to Twitter to confirm that the trouble faced by its users in accessing their profiles has been resolved.
Instagram's services were affected globally. About 46,000 users in the US raised the issue on Downdetector, an online tool to track outages of websites and apps.
In India, the outage started at about 7 am and lasted for almost over 3 hours.
According to Downdetector, 50 per cent of users faced trouble regarding server connections and 20 per cent faced problems logging in.
Downdetector showed about 2,000 affected users from the UK, and more than 1,000 reports each from India and Australia.
Meanwhile, Twitter erupted with memes about the outage.
However, this is not the first time Instagram was reporting trouble. Over the last year, Meta and its family of apps -- Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp have been through major outages bringing work and communication to a grinding halt. More recently a outage had hit all the apps in January.
Read: Facebook Reels gets new features including extended length and syncing capability
Watch: Endorsements Know-Hows: Government releases guidelines for social media influencers
For Unparalleled coverage of India's Businesses and Economy – Subscribe to Business Today Magazine