WHATSAPP FAILURE. The Whatsapp messaging service was long affected by a global outage on October 25, 2022. A new alert for the Meta group, faced with growing security issues.
Updated October 25, 2022 at 11:23 a.m.] Whatsapp experienced a major outage on Tuesday, October 25: the popular instant messaging application no longer responded, in many countries, from 8:50 a.m. to 11 a.m. The DownDetector site, which informs about breakdowns and bugs on websites, confirmed the information shortly after 9 a.m. The Whatssap bug concerned the mobile version (Android or iOs application on iPhone) as well as the standard web version.
a little after 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, the extent of the Whatsapp outage reduced. This type of failure is usually reported to Whatsapp technical services very quickly. Around 11:10 a.m., the issue was largely resolved, with access returning to normal for many users.
The Meta group, which owns Whatsapp but also Facebook and Instagram, communicated around 10:00 a.m. on this giant outage: “We are aware that some people are currently having difficulty sending messages and we are working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible. possible,” a spokesperson for Meta Platforms told Reuters news agency in the morning. Since its restructuring and its change of identity, the tech group built around Facebook has been working to reduce this type of bug, which weakens its image, while questions of security and access to services have become extremely important issues. important.
Why has WhatsApp experienced a “down”? What breakdown?
The Whatsapp bug does not come from your internet connection at home or mobile (3G, 4G, 5G). Rather, it is a failure affecting the service itself. Your internet connection is not in question and you can also connect to other applications and websites. The blackout affected France like many other European countries. The service was also inaccessible in Asia and the United States, according to the latest alerts published by the media.
Can we get around the Whatsapp bug?
What bugs have WhatsApp users encountered? Many Internet users have complained of difficulties or even the impossibility of sending messages to their loved ones via Whatsapp. Others just couldn’t connect. The most common bug sees the application display a loading wheel next to the mention “Connection”, the loading not being done. In this case, the contents that one then tries to send to his contacts are not transmitted. When manifesting this problem, there is no way to bypass it by opening your Whatsapp app.
How long can a Whatsapp problem last?
This bug affects Whatsapp only and not the Facebook site which is part of the same Meta group. This giant Whatsapp outage comes more than a year after a giant global bug that affected both Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. The bug, which occurred on Monday October 4, 2021, had affected millions of users worldwide and lasted almost 7 hours! The Meta group then opened an internal investigation and admitted that a serious bug had affected its servers.