#WhatsAppDown, episode 2. While a global outage of more than two hours had affected WhatsApp last October, a bug of the same magnitude came to upset users of the application Wednesday night. Shortly after 22 p.m. and for just under an hour, it was impossible to send or receive messages on the messaging service.
"We are working quickly to resolve connectivity issues with WhatsApp and we will inform you here as soon as possible," WhatsApp had responded on its Twitter account, while Internet users were already massively commenting on the outage on Elon Musk's social network.
we're working quickly to resolve connectivity issues with WhatsApp and we'll update you here as soon as possible.
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) July 19, 2023
The site DownDetector, which reports in real time on the state of services of several social networks and messaging applications such as Instagram, Messenger or Facebook, recorded a meteoric rise in reports of outages on WhatsApp shortly after 22 p.m. on Wednesday.
The outage began to end around 22:50 p.m., with users being able to send and receive messages again.