Global outage knocks Instagram and Facebook offline
A major outage has knocked Instagram and Facebook offline, leaving the apps unusable for users worldwide as service disruptions continue with no confirmed restoration time.
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Xfinity Outage Roils Thousands as Downdetector Tracks Spike
On June 22, 2026, Xfinity outages surged to over 70,000 reports on Downdetector, most users reporting TV connection problems; by mid-afternoon the number of reports began to fall as service appeared to recover, with no public statement from Xfinity.
Global Facebook outage knocks out Messenger and the main app
Facebook and its Messenger app went down in a global outage, logging users out with “an unexpected error” messages while the main site struggled; Instagram and WhatsApp largely stayed online, though some Instagram features were affected. Meta did not provide a consumer status page at the time, Downdetector reported widespread disruption, and updates tracked the outage in a live blog as users and services tried to recover.
Meta services rebound after Friday outage hits Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
Meta’s services, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, faced a Friday outage with most services restored and the WhatsApp Business Platform still disrupted; the company hasn’t disclosed a cause, while DownDetector tracked spikes in user reports.
Meta apps go dark in global outage hitting Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger
A widespread outage hit Meta’s core apps—Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger—leaving users unable to load or log into accounts. Downdetector logged a spike in reports as users worldwide reported being logged out or facing blank pages, and Meta acknowledged the issue, saying they’re working on a fix.
Gemini outage hits some users as Google investigates
Gemini users report outages and connectivity problems; issues began after 6:00 AM ET and aren’t affecting everyone—some can still access Gemini while others cannot. Google has acknowledged the errors on its support dashboard and is investigating the root cause with no fixes yet. Some Android Authority staff could access the chatbot, while others faced issues with back-to-back queries or specific AI models; Google Workspace and AI Studio dashboards currently show no issues.
Gemini outage disrupts Google’s AI with live updates and quick fixes
Google Gemini is experiencing a widespread outage (with errors like 1099 and 1076) on June 10, 2026, as Google engineers work on a mitigation; DownDetector data shows spikes that started to ease after a mitigation was deployed, and Google has not provided an ETA for full recovery. The article offers practical workarounds: start a new chat, log out and back in, try an alternate Google account, perform a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5 or Cmd+Shift+R), open an Incognito/Private window, and clear Gemini cookies. Readers are encouraged to share their experiences as updates roll in.
Marathon Season 2 Debut Grapples With Server Turbulence
Marathon’s Season 2 update launched free for a week but was quickly hampered by widespread server outages and error codes, prompting Bungie to pause maintenance and award free loot; by early June the servers were back online with fewer issues as the team rolled out fixes, highlighting the live-service challenges surrounding Bungie’s comeback hit.
Microsoft mends MFA and My Sign-Ins outage, restores access after cache-triggered failover
Microsoft fixed an outage that prevented MFA setup and access to My Sign-Ins (504 errors). It mitigated by failing over to alternate infrastructure and is monitoring service health; an update later blamed a recent cache configuration change for the failover and high resource usage during EU traffic, with mitigation rolled back and traffic restored to the original infrastructure.
Apple Music global outage sweeps multiple countries, later resolved
Apple Music experienced a global outage affecting users in numerous countries, with Apple’s System Status pages designating it as an outage and noting intermittent issues; Downdetector logged rising reports, and an update later confirmed the issue was resolved.
Sonos App Goes Missing From App Store, Reappears After Apple Admin Update
The Sonos app for iPhone, iPad and Mac briefly disappeared from Apple's App Store due to a routine administrative update with Apple. Sonos said existing installations would continue to work and expected the issue to be resolved soon; the app has since returned to the App Store and service is back to normal, with Google Play unaffected.
Discord Recovers from Hour-Long Global Outage
Discord faced an outage lasting a bit over an hour with users seeing increased API errors. The company said it was investigating at 3:08 PM ET and by 6:38 PM ET all critical functionalities had been restored for all users.
Discord outage hits 38,000 users across major U.S. cities
Thousands of Discord users reported outages on Friday afternoon, with about 38,000 reports by 4 p.m. ET and initial problems surfacing around 2:45 p.m., concentrated in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle; Discord did not immediately respond for comment.
Canvas LMS back online after widespread school outage
The Canvas learning management system—used by thousands of schools—was knocked offline by a cyberattack but has since come back online, allowing classes to resume as investigators look into the incident.
Thermal event in Virginia data center triggers AWS US-East-1 outage
A thermal event in an AWS Northern Virginia data center caused a power outage that impaired EC2 instances and EBS volumes in the US-East-1 region (use1-az4). AWS redirected traffic away from the affected zone, warned of longer provisioning times, and advised customers to recover by restoring from snapshots or launching in unaffected zones as recovery progressed unevenly across services. The incident underscores physical-layer risks and the concentration of dependencies in US-East-1, prompting CISOs to reassess resilience and redundancy strategies.