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IN PICS | WhatsApp Outage: Major Disruptions WhatsApp Faced Over The Years
WhatsApp was down on Tuesday for nearly 2.5 hours. The first major outage for WhatsApp this year, the service saw its longest outage back in October 2021. Take a look at major outages over the years:
![WhatsApp was down on Tuesday for nearly 2.5 hours. The first major outage for WhatsApp this year, the service saw its longest outage back in October 2021. Take a look at major outages over the years:](https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2022/10/25/2f1fbb79b7d755dd8a75443dcd30feaa1666691166667402_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
WhatsApp saw the longest outage in October 2021.
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![October 2021 — All Meta-owned platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were out for nearly six hours following an issue with Meta’s Domain Name System (DNS).](https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2022/10/25/97ce9c8187e2b741ec1a687713a73ac8de433.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
October 2021 — All Meta-owned platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were out for nearly six hours following an issue with Meta’s Domain Name System (DNS).
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![March 2021 — WhatsApp was down for nearly three-quarters of an hour due to a technical issue that Meta said was restricting users from accessing its services.](https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2022/10/25/055248e1d25b93e35052f5aaf9c56b277965f.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
March 2021 — WhatsApp was down for nearly three-quarters of an hour due to a technical issue that Meta said was restricting users from accessing its services.
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![July 2020 — WhatsApp was down for nearly two hours. No details were provided by Meta (then known as Facebook) on why such an issue occurred.](https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2022/10/25/2c40b99afa32c12b8d8cc4597114417ffcb8a.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
July 2020 — WhatsApp was down for nearly two hours. No details were provided by Meta (then known as Facebook) on why such an issue occurred.
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![January 2020 — The year 2020 saw four notable WhatsApp outages. The January disruption was the longest back then, lasting for nearly three hours.](https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2022/10/25/b79bca8eb6b6f8d5d35d2d3cdd256a3046373.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
January 2020 — The year 2020 saw four notable WhatsApp outages. The January disruption was the longest back then, lasting for nearly three hours.
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![July 2019 — All Meta services saw a major outage, where users complained that not only were they unable to post on the platforms, but were also unable to see their own feeds or photos.](https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2022/10/25/b0eb24fdd3561c74eb855f72d5f2ea5f13098.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=720)
July 2019 — All Meta services saw a major outage, where users complained that not only were they unable to post on the platforms, but were also unable to see their own feeds or photos.
Published at : 25 Oct 2022 03:22 PM (IST)
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