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Outage history, last 12 months

1. 22 September 2026Partial outage

   Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 1 h 24 min

   Meta's update

   We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

   We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

2. 21 August 2026Partial outage

   Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 1 h 49 min

   Meta's update

   We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

   We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Delivery, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

3. 19 July 2026Major outage

   WhatsApp Business Platform · Marketing messages 1 h 10 min

   Meta's update

   We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting WhatsApp Marketing Message API. This issue started on July 19th 1:10am PST. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 1 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

   The fix for the high disruptions impacting WhatsApp Marketing Messages API has been deployed and this issue is now mitigated as of July 19th 2:25am PST. Thank you for your patience.

4. 19 July 2026Major outage

   Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 2 h 32 min

   Meta's update

   We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

   We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

5. 16 July 2026Major outage

   Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 2 h 7 min

   Meta's update

   We are recovering from an earlier outage that caused disruptions in ad delivery and services are in the process of being restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

   We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

6. 23 June 2026Major outage

   Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 1 h 31 min

   Meta's update

   We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

   We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Delivery, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

7. 23 June 2026Partial outage

   WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 1 h 22 min

   Meta's update

   We are currently experiencing medium disruptions impacting the WhatsApp Cloud API. This issue started at 2:24PM GMT on June 24th. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 4 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

   The fix for the medium disruptions impacting the WhatApp Cloud API Platform has been deployed and this issue is now mitigated as of 03:00PM GMT on June 24th. Thank you for your patience.

8. 23 June 2026Partial outage

   WhatsApp Business Platform · Marketing messages 1 h 22 min

   Meta's update

   We are currently experiencing medium disruptions impacting the Marketing Messages API on WhatsApp. This issue started at 2:24PM GMT on June 24th. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 4 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

   The fix for the medium disruptions impacting the Marketing Messages API for WhatsApp has been deployed and this issue is now mitigated as of 03:00PM GMT on June 24th. Thank you for your patience.

9. 12 June 2026Major outage

   Meta Business Suite · Inbox 1 h 41 min

   Meta's update

   We are aware that some people may be having trouble with messages in Inbox in Meta Business Suite. Our team is actively working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

   We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Inbox, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

10. 12 June 2026Major outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Marketing messages 2 h 33 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting Marketing Messages API for WhatsApp. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 1 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Marketing Messages API for WhatsApp, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

11. 12 June 2026Major outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 2 h 40 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting WhatsApp Cloud API. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 1 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Cloud API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

12. 12 June 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 34 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

13. 12 June 2026Partial outage

    Marketing API · Ads creation API 2 h 54 min

    Meta's update

    We are recovering from an earlier outage impacting editing and creation for Marketing API, and services are in the process of being restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Creation and Editing API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

14. 12 June 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Reporting 2 h 49 min

    Meta's update

    We are recovering from an earlier outage that caused some advertisers to have trouble accessing or viewing ads reporting, and services are in the process of being restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Reporting, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

15. 12 June 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Creation and Editing 3 h 20 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware that some advertisers may be having trouble creating or editing their ads in Ads Manager. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Creation and Editing, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

16. 19 May 2026Major outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 55 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting webhook delivery and sends of media messages on Whatsapp Cloud API. This issue started at 11:30 am SGT on May 19th. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 1 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Cloud API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

17. 19 May 2026Major outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Marketing messages 2 h 38 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting webhook delivery and sends of media messages on MM API for WhatsApp. This issue started at 11:30 am SGT on May 19th. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 1 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting MM API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

18. 7 May 2026Partial outage

    Meta Business Suite · Inbox 6 h 39 min

    Meta's update

    We are recovering from an earlier outage that caused disruptions in sending messages on MBS Inbox tool; these features are in the process of being restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Inbox, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

19. 5 May 2026Partial outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 2 h 55 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Delivery, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

20. 30 April 2026Partial outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Marketing messages 3 h 26 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing disruptions impacting sending messages on Marketing Messages API for WhatsApp. This issue started at 3:28 AM PST on April 30th. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 4 hours or sooner if additional information is available.

    The fix for the disruptions impacting sending messages on Marketing Messages API for WhatsApp has been deployed and this issue is now mitigated as of 5:33 AM PST on April 30th. Thank you for your patience.

21. 30 April 2026Partial outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 2 h 5 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing disruptions impacting sending messages on Cloud API for WhatsApp. This issue started at 3:28 AM PST on April 30th. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 4 hours or sooner if additional information is available.

    The fix for the disruptions impacting sending messages on Cloud API for WhatsApp has been deployed and this issue is now mitigated as of 5:33 AM PST on April 30th. Thank you for your patience.

22. 31 March 2026Partial outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Creation and Editing 2 h 32 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware that some advertisers may be having trouble creating or editing their ads in Ads Manager. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Creation and Editing, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

23. 26 March 2026Minor issues

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 3 h 5 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing low disruptions impacting sending messages on Whatsapp Cloud API. Our engineering teams have identified the potential issue and deploying a fix (ETA 6PM PST). We will provide another update within 4 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Cloud API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

24. 18 March 2026Minor issues

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 2 h 40 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing low disruptions impacting message sending on Cloud API. This issue started around 10:00 AM +08 GMT. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within the next 1 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

    The fix for the low disruption impacting message sending on Cloud API has been deployed and this issue is now mitigated as of 12:03 PM +08 GMT. Thank you for your patience.

25. 17 March 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 1 h 35 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

26. 10 March 2026Minor issues

    Ads Manager · Ads Creation and Editing 43 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware that some advertisers may be having trouble creating or editing their ads in Ads Manager. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Creation and Editing, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

27. 9 March 2026Partial outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 22 h 8 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing Medium Disruptions impacting template messages that include a URL button and a media header. Users on iOS 2.26.8.76 may see a broken experience. This issue started at Mar 06 2026 20:00:00 UTC. We are currently deploying the fix and the expected deployment time is in Mar 13 2026 19:00:00 UTC. We will provide another update within 12 hours or sooner if additional information is available.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Cloud API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

28. 6 March 2026Partial outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Creation and Editing 1 h 1 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware that some advertisers may be having trouble creating or editing their ads in Ads Manager. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting editing and creation in Ads Manager, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

29. 5 March 2026Partial outage

    Marketing API · Ads creation API 3 h 34 min

    Meta's update

    We’re aware of an issue impacting Marketing APIs. Our engineering teams are actively working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Creation and Editing API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

30. 4 March 2026Partial outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Creation and Editing 13 h 30 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware that some advertisers may be having trouble creating or editing their ads in Ads Manager. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting editing and creation in Ads Manager, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

31. 3 March 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Reporting 2 h 2 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware that some advertisers may be experiencing issues either accessing or viewing reporting for their ads. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting the ability to access or view reporting on ads, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

32. 3 March 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Creation and Editing 1 h 38 min

    Meta's update

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting editing and creation in Ads Manager, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

33. 3 March 2026Minor issues

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 1 h 23 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

34. 28 February 2026Major outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 47 h 16 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting Cloud API Marketing Messages. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update if additional information is available.

    The fix for the disruptions impacting Cloud API Marketing messages has been deployed and this issue is now resolved. Thank you for your patience.

35. 28 February 2026Major outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Marketing messages 47 h 16 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting Marketing Messages API. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update if additional information is available.

    The fix for the disruptions impacting Marketing Messages API has been deployed and this issue is now resolved. Thank you for your patience.

36. 19 February 2026Major outage

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 36 h 41 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting messages on Coexistence. After onboarding, WhatsApp Business App and Web Companion devices display "Waiting for this message" for messages sent via the Cloud API. Our engineering teams are actively investigating. We will provide another update within 1 hour or sooner if additional information becomes available.

    The fix for the high disruptions impacting messages on Coexistence is deployed and this issue is now resolved as of 07:00 GMT. Thank you for your patience.

37. 9 February 2026Partial outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 19 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

38. 5 February 2026Major outage

    Click-to-message ads · Click to Messenger 2 h 7 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting Click to Messenger. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update if additional information is available.

    The fix for the disruptions impacting Click to Messenger has been deployed and this issue is now resolved. Thank you for your patience.

39. 5 February 2026Major outage

    Click-to-message ads · Click to Instagram 2 h 7 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting Click to Instagram. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update if additional information is available.

    The fix for the disruptions impacting Click to Instagram has been deployed and this issue is now resolved. Thank you for your patience.

40. 3 February 2026Minor issues

    WhatsApp Business Platform · Cloud API 148 h 25 min

    Meta's update

    We are currently experiencing low disruptions impacting Cloud API - Coexistence. Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update if additional information is available.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Cloud API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

41. 1 February 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 1 h 58 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

42. 29 January 2026Partial outage

    Marketing API · Ads creation API 50 min

    Meta's update

    We’re aware of an issue impacting Ads Creative Editing using Marketing API. Our engineering teams are actively working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    Resolved.

43. 22 January 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 48 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We are recovering from an earlier outage that caused disruptions in ad delivery and services are in the process of being restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

44. 9 January 2026Major outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 1 h 58 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

45. 3 December 2025Partial outage

    Meta Business Suite · Sharing and Content Management 33 h

    Meta's update

    We are aware that some MBS users may be having trouble creating or managing their posts or stories in Business Suite. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Sharing and Content Management, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

46. 11 November 2025Major outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 1 h 5 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    The issue has been resolved.

47. 8 November 2025Minor issues

    Ads Manager · Ads Creation and Editing 1 h 32 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware that some advertisers may be having trouble creating or editing their ads in Ads Manager. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Ads Creation and Editing, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

48. 6 November 2025Partial outage

    Ads Manager · Ads Delivery 2 h 54 min

    Meta's update

    We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

    We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting ad delivery across our platform, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Google Ads

Outage history, last 12 months

1. 29 September 2026Major outage

   Google Analytics 2 h 12 min

   Google's update

   We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Analytics. We will provide more information shortly.

   The problem with Google Analytics has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.

ChatGPT and ChatGPT ads

OpenAI does not publish a separate status for its ads manager, so we show the state of ChatGPT, where the ads run, and flag ad-related incidents.

Recent ChatGPT incidents

1. 4 November 2026Minor issues

   Elevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plans 1 h 54 min

   OpenAI's update

   Some users on paid ChatGPT plans may see errors when sending messages. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

   All affected services are operating normally again. We’re sorry for the disruption, and we appreciate your patience.

2. 3 November 2026Minor issues

   File upload errors in ChatGPT 4 h 53 min

   OpenAI's update

   Some users are having trouble uploading files to ChatGPT or getting ChatGPT to read uploaded files. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

   All affected services are operating normally again. We’re sorry for the disruption, and we appreciate your patience.

3. 30 October 2026Minor issues

   Elevated errors with search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and certain ChatGPT thinking experiences 1 h 35 min

   OpenAI's update

   We’re aware of issues affecting search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and some ChatGPT thinking experiences. We’re investigating and will share updates here.

   All affected services are operating normally again. We’re sorry for the disruption, and we appreciate your patience.

4. 26 October 2026Minor issuesAds

   Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests 11 min

   OpenAI's update

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for POST /ads/* endpoints. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

5. 23 October 2026Minor issues

   Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD 50 min

   OpenAI's update

   We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

6. 22 October 2026Minor issuesAds

   New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins 4 h 31 min

   OpenAI's update

   We have identified that new ad accounts are failing to assign their creator admin. We are investigating the issue.

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

7. 22 October 2026Minor issues

   Elevated ChatGPT conversation and Responses API errors 6 h 32 min

   OpenAI's update

   This is impacting users in India, Japan, and Korea. We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

8. 21 October 2026Minor issues

   Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs 1 h 2 min

   OpenAI's update

   We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

9. 14 October 2026Minor issues

   Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work 2 h 47 min

   OpenAI's update

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

10. 9 October 2026Partial outage

    Some ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android 3 h 26 min

    OpenAI's update

    We have identified an issue affecting the ChatGPT Android app where users may see “This content is unavailable in this version of the app” instead of certain content. A fix is rolling out gradually in the latest Android version. Users can use ChatGPT on the web while we work to restore the experience for older app versions.

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.