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WhatsApp Web Outage Disrupts Messaging for Users Worldwide

Early reports indicate a web-only failure, with the mobile app still working.

Overview

  • DownDetector recorded thousands of outage reports across multiple countries on November 4, including Mexico.
  • Users reported sign-in errors, messages stuck on “sending,” and conversation lists disappearing after refreshing the web page.
  • Community advice warned against refreshing WhatsApp Web to prevent the chat view from vanishing during the disruption.
  • WhatsApp’s official status pages did not list an incident and Meta had not provided a cause or timeline for a fix at publication.
  • The hashtag #WhatsAppDown trended on X as people verified the disruption and shared their experiences.