WhatsApp, Discord and Messenger have been reported down simultaneously starting at 15:40 on June 12 with connection failures and login issues according to Frandroid. The outage points to possible server-side problems for the Meta-owned apps while Discord's involvement remains unexplained. Discord status shows no incidents reported today.
Meta's outage was resolved with services largely restored within hours.
Jun 12, 4:17 PM ETWhen the two go down simultaneously it is often a sign of a server-side issue rather than a user device problem.
Users who restarted their apps multiple times believing the fault lay with their Wi-Fi can stop troubleshooting their own connections.
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