Facebook experienced a widespread outage with users across several countries reporting login failures, sudden logouts and “query error” messages on both mobile and web platforms.
According to reports shared online, many users were automatically logged out of their Facebook accounts and then unable to sign back in. Error messages including “something went wrong” and “an unexpected error occurred” appeared for several affected users.
The disruption also appeared to impact Facebook Messenger, while some users reported related issues on Instagram and WhatsApp desktop services.
Outage reports spike worldwide
The problems began around 6:45 am Pacific Time on Thursday, or roughly 2:45 pm in the UK, according to The Independent. Reports of outages spread worldwide, with users in India, the United States, Canada, Australia and the Philippines also flagging issues.
Outage-tracking platforms such as Downdetector recorded a sharp rise in complaints as users struggled to access Meta-owned services.
