Facebook status: is it down right now?
Our own check of facebook.com from Europe and the US, every 3 minutes, with recent history.
facebook.com responded. The page answered normally in 343 ms.
facebook.com responded.
The page answered normally in 343 ms.
Checked (1 minute ago) from Europe and the US, automatic every 3 minutes.
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This checks the response from facebook.com. It does not test playback, login or every Facebook feature.
Facebook status history
Our own checks from Europe and the US. Green means every check passed, amber means some checks failed, red means most checks in that period failed.
Outages our checks detected
- Partial outage28 Sept 2026, 20:45 UTC9 min
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This page is for their outage. Your own site can fail the same way. See its first check free, then try a paid plan for 7 days (card required).
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About Facebook
Facebook is Meta's flagship social network, spanning News Feed, Messenger (now partly reunified), Marketplace, Groups, Events, Pages, Ads, and Meta Business Suite. Outages affect different surfaces: feed not loading or showing only ads, login loops (especially after suspicious-activity checks), Marketplace listings failing to post, Groups notifications not delivering, and Business Suite unable to load ad accounts. Page owners and ad buyers feel Business-side outages immediately because budgets keep spending while dashboards are unavailable. Meta shares infrastructure across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, so large-scale outages tend to hit all four.
Facebook does not publish a reliable public status dashboard for every outage. The community outage reference below can help with extra context, but independent monitoring is still the safer signal.
outage patterns
Why Facebook outages cluster around peak usage
Facebook often has its loudest outages during peak use: evenings, weekends, and major events. Capacity that handles a normal load can struggle when many people arrive at once, and the failure is often partial rather than a total outage.
The live tool above checks public facebook.com reachability from EU and US. It cannot publish a post, load a personalized feed, or verify notification delivery, so use it as one signal alongside the provider status reference and a direct feature test. Business and Agency monitors can repeat the public-endpoint check every minute.
Common signs Facebook is having issues
- Feeds loading but new posts not appearing for minutes after publish
- Direct messages sending but not arriving, or arriving in batches after a delay
- Notifications missing entirely or arriving 15+ minutes late
- Login or password reset endpoints throwing intermittent 5xx errors
What to do when Facebook is degraded
During suspected Facebook outages, the social signal is usually faster than the official status page. If multiple independent monitors (yours, ours, third-party check tools) all report problems for facebook.com and the user community is also complaining, treat it as a real incident and tell stakeholders so before the platform confirms it.
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Get independent uptime alerts when the public Facebook endpoint fails a confirmed check. Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes; Business and Agency check every 60 seconds.
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why independent monitoring
Provider status references
and endpoint checks answer different questions.
Independent endpoint evidence
The regional check can show that a public endpoint is failing before or after a provider posts broader incident context. It does not validate every product subsystem.
Scheduled alerts
Monitor Facebook on your plan interval and route confirmed endpoint failures through the notification channels available to your workspace.
Multi-region verification
EU and US results can reveal a regional difference in public-endpoint reachability. Confirm the exact workflow and provider region you use.
Historical data
Track Facebook uptime over time. See trends, identify recurring issues, and make informed decisions about your dependency.
Frequently asked questions
Is Facebook down right now?
Use the status card at the top. A red or degraded result means facebook.com failed from our check regions. Your own Wi-Fi or a single ISP path can still fail while the rest of the internet is fine. Try mobile data if only you are blocked.
How do I check if Facebook is having issues?
This page checks the public Facebook endpoint from EU and US. You can also monitor that endpoint on a schedule and receive confirmed-failure alerts through the channels available on your plan. Test the exact provider feature you use for a complete diagnosis.
How can I get alerted when Facebook goes down?
Add facebook.com to Visual Sentinel and its first check is free. To keep monitoring, start a 7-day trial (card required) or subscribe now: Solo and Starter check every 5 minutes, Business and Agency every 60 seconds, with email, push and chat alerts.
Where can I find Facebook outage context?
Facebook does not publish a reliable public status dashboard for every outage. The community outage reference below can help with extra context, but independent monitoring is still the safer signal. Visual Sentinel checks the public Facebook endpoint independently from EU and US. Paid Business and Agency plans support 60-second uptime checks.
What is Facebook server status right now?
Facebook server status on this page is a live check of facebook.com from more than one region. If the indicator is down or degraded, Meta’s public site or a regional edge is failing. Official product-by-product status is not published by Meta; community reports collect on Downdetector.
Why are my Facebook ads still spending if the platform is down?
Facebook ad delivery runs on auction infrastructure that is more resilient than the dashboard. Ads can keep being served to users while Business Suite is inaccessible. Spend is usually billed correctly, but real-time reporting may be delayed by hours.
Does a Facebook outage take down Messenger too?
Messenger runs on largely shared infrastructure with Facebook. Major outages tend to affect both. Smaller Facebook-specific outages (e.g. Feed ranking) leave Messenger working. Messenger-specific outages (message delivery, voice calls) usually do not affect Facebook itself.
Often checked together with Facebook
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are separate apps. These pages check each one on its own.