Overview
- WhatsApp Web redirected many users to Facebook login pages during a short outage Tuesday, interrupting access on browsers and desktop apps.
- Downdetector showed a rapid spike in complaints, with about 60% tied to the website and far fewer linked to the mobile app or login.
- Service returned for many accounts after roughly 10–15 minutes, and neither WhatsApp nor Meta had offered an explanation by late Tuesday.
- Early, unofficial analyses pointed to a fault in shared authentication or other common backend systems that link WhatsApp and Facebook.
- Some outlets advised a temporary workaround by opening WhatsApp Web in a private or incognito browser window to bypass possible cookie errors.