Buffer Status · History · Incident #4572

RESOLVED

Meta issues impacting Facebook, Instagram and Threads

Minor · Started Jun 12, 2026 · 2:09 PM

  • Duration

    4h 17m

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Meta issues impacting Facebook, Instagram and Threads

The issue with Meta's API for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads has been fully resolved, and all systems are now operational. We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any disruption this may have caused.


  • Started

    Jun 12, 2026 · 2:09 PM

  • Resolved

    Jun 12, 2026 · 6:26 PM

  • Duration

    4h 17m

  • Severity

    Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Investigating

    Jun 12 · 2:09 PM Buffer

    We are currently investigating some issues with Meta's API for Facebook, Instagram and Threads. It appears that Meta is currently running into some difficulties and it will be impacting all services in Buffer related to Facebook, Instagram and Threads. This means we will be seeing issues publishing to these platforms as well issues ingesting data for analytics and comments. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience this may be causing, and we will be monitoring things further and hope Meta will be running smoothly again soon. As soon as we have any further information we will update it here.

  • Identified

    Jun 12 · 3:22 PM Buffer

    We are currently investigating some issues with Meta's API for Facebook, Instagram and Threads. It appears that Meta is currently running into some difficulties and it will be impacting all services in Buffer related to Facebook, Instagram and Threads. This means we will be seeing issues publishing to these platforms as well issues ingesting data for analytics and comments. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience this may be causing, and we will be monitoring things further and hope Meta will be running smoothly again soon. As soon as we have any further information we will update it here.

  • Resolved

    Jun 12 · 6:26 PM Buffer

    The issue with Meta's API for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads has been fully resolved, and all systems are now operational. We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any disruption this may have caused.

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