Overview

• Downdetector recorded a surge in user reports beginning around 13:24 UTC, with web-interface complaints comprising roughly 80% of more than 1,000 incidents logged within the first hour.
• Desktop users across Latin America, the United States and parts of Europe reported pages stuck loading, failed QR-code scans and undelivered messages on WhatsApp Web.
• The outage propelled #WhatsAppDown to trend on X and inspired a wave of memes as some individuals and businesses pivoted to Telegram and Signal to maintain communications.
• By about 19:00 local time, Downdetector counts began to decline as many users reported that WhatsApp Web access had returned.
• WhatsApp’s official X post cited an unrelated Russian government blocking attempt and reiterated that all messages remain protected by end-to-end encryption.