Meta platforms log users out worldwide
Facebook, Instagram and Messenger users were logged out and unable to sign back in for around two hours after a failure in a login dependency.
- Service
- Facebook, Instagram, Messenger
- Date
- 5 March 2024
- Cause
- Software bug
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- ThousandEyes ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Meta platforms log users out worldwide”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 5 Mar 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-03-05-facebook-instagram-messenger-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: ThousandEyes, https://thousandeyes.com/blog/top-internet-outages-2024.
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