A widespread outage of Apple’s instant messaging service was reported Thursday afternoon, with thousands of users reporting issues on Downdetector, although Apple reported shortly after 7 p.m. that the issue had been “resolved.”
More than 10,000 outages have been reported. (Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via … (+)
NurPhoto via Getty ImagesSome 13,642 outage reports were made on Downdetector.com just after 6 p.m. Eastern Time.
75% of outage reports made on the website reported problems sending messages.
Apple’s System Status page indicated shortly after 7 p.m. Eastern Time that the issue had been “resolved,” noting that some users were affected between 5:49 p.m. and 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time. ballast.
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Apple did not immediately respond to Forbes’ request for comment.
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iMessage outages are traditionally resolved by Apple shortly after they begin. A 2022 iMessage and FaceTime outage affected thousands of users but was resolved by Apple in about 30 minutes, The Verge reported. In February, a nationwide cellular network outage affected AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile customers, forcing AT&T to restore about three-quarters of its network after the outage lasted about 7 hours. Spokespeople for T-Mobile and Verizon told Forbes that their networks were operating normally during the outage, but that some customers experienced issues when “calling or texting with customers served by another carrier.” .
AT&T Says It Has Restored Its Network After Nationwide Cell Service Outages (Forbes)
iMessage is back up and running (The Verge)
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