WhatsApp partially back for users after longest-ever global outage

Meta-owned communication platform WhatsApp was partially back for users after an outage since 12 PM across India. The users were unable to send or receive messages on the platform for over two hours, WhatsApp's longest ever. 

The services were also down for WhatsApp Web users. Meanwhile, Twitter was flooded with users reporting their WhatsApp services were down. #whatsappdown was trending on Twitter with over 41,000 tweets. 

Users said that they were unable to send ot receive any messages. Earlier, the problem was reported in Group chats but later spread to other chats as well. 

According to DownDetector, over 28,000 users reported issues with their WhatsApp since 12 PM till 1 PM. The website confirmed that WhatsApp was facing a downtime. It received reports from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Lucknow. 

A total of sixty-nine per cent users said that they were unable to send messages. Nearly 21 per cent said that they were facing issues with server connections.

A Meta spokersperson said, "We're aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we're working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible."

(With inputs from BS Reporter)