Overview
- Downdetector logged over 10,000 outage reports by about 8:30 p.m. ET after counts topped 7,500 earlier in the evening.
- Reports indicated the website experienced most of the problems, with fewer issues on the mobile app and logins.
- User screenshots shared on social platforms showed a standard error message stating, “Sorry, something went wrong.”
- Newsrooms said they had requested comment from Instagram and Meta, and no formal confirmation of the issue had been issued.
- Coverage noted complaints peaked for roughly an hour in the U.S. evening before easing, with some reports suggesting service improvement.