Overview
- Outage-tracking sites recorded a sharp global surge of reports that began early Sunday, July 19, 2026, with Downdetector logging tens of thousands of complaints for Facebook and thousands for Instagram.
- Many desktop users were locked out by an “Account Temporarily Unavailable” error while a portion of mobile users could still access apps, producing an uneven web-versus-app pattern of failures.
- The disruption affected multiple countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Singapore, Canada and Türkiye, with users posting screenshots and coordinating reports on other platforms.
- Meta had not provided a full public explanation for the cause of the outage at the time of initial reporting, and engineers appeared to be restoring services gradually as reports declined but intermittent issues continued for some users.
- The incident echoes prior large Meta outages that were later tied to network configuration or authentication failures, and it highlights potential short-term impacts on businesses that rely on Meta’s ad and publishing tools.