Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp are back online after widespread “technical issues.”

Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Messenger are back online after widespread “technical issues” took several of Meta’s biggest apps down for several hours on Wednesday. “We are 99% of the way there and are just doing some final checks,” the company wrote. to update on X nearly four hours after the first acknowledgment of the outage.

The company did not explain the source of the problem or when the problem could be completely resolved. As of 4:30 PM PT on Wednesday, Meta Status panel There are still some “significant disruptions” to business tools and transparency, though other services are rated as “resolved” or “recovering.” However, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads and Messenger appear to have largely recovered.

Earlier today, he was there More than 90,000 reports An issue specific to Facebook.com alone on Downdetector, and users across it X and Bluesky Problems have been reported loading and using Meta applications. For a while even Meta’s website was displaying the text “This page is no longer available.” When Engadget first reached out to Meta for comment, the company pointed to a brief statement On X While acknowledging that “there is a technical issue affecting the ability of some users to access our applications.”

Dead last Dealing with a major outage In March 2024, which prevented users from accessing its applications and services for two hours. This interruption is due to A “Technical issue” By Meta Communications Director Andy Stone, which is the same explanation that Meta has given so far today.

Updated December 11, 2024 at 4:50 PM ET: Added more details about the duration of the outage and its impact on Meta Enterprise Tools.

Updated December 11, 2024 at 7:50 PM ET: Added additional comments from Meta about the outage status.