
We are experiencing networking issues and teams are working as fast as possible to debug and restore as fast as possible". Schroepfer tweeted: "*Sincere* apologies to everyone impacted by outages of Facebook powered services right now. That's per who knows a few things about BGP/DNS."Īs the widespread outage rumbled on Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer issued a statement on Twitter apologising for the service disruption - and saying teams for the Menlo Park-based firm are working as fast as possible to rectify the problem. "To be more precise (and Geek Factor 5) the BGP routes serving Facebook's authoritative DNS were withdrawn, rendering all Facebook domains inaccessible. "Can you imagine working at FB right now, when your email no longer works & all your internal FB-based tools fail? Click on the three-dot icon at the top and select “Settings.It's believed the lengthy Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram outage is related to a DNS issue.Ĭybercrime journalist Brian Krebs on Twitter posted: "Confirmed: The DNS records that tell systems how to find or got withdrawn this morning from the global routing tables.Although the outage was for a specific location, users could not access the app during that time. You must clear your browser’s cache to fix things when Facebook is not working. users are complaining Facebook Messenger Not Working. Often, websites do not load properly in a browser due to corrupted cache files. Resolve these issues by following the steps below. It could be a corrupted cache, settings, extensions, or an outdated version of the browser. Many of the users who complain of Instagram not working today have. If the Facebook page opens in Incognito or a different browser, the problem is due to your existing browser. Similarly, you could try loading the Facebook page in a different browser on your computer. Use Ctrl + Shift + N on a Windows PC or Command+ Shift + N on Mac to open a new Incognito window in the browser.

For the purposes of this article, we’re using the Chrome browser as an example.

If you notice no change with your Facebook, then you might want to try opening the website in Incognito mode. Open in Incognito Mode or a Different Browser On Mac, go to “Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Date & time.” 4.
