Facebook and several Meta-owned services are largely back to normal following a brief worldwide outage on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, March 4, 2026.

Outage Details

• Duration: The primary disruption lasted approximately three hours, with most issues resolved by 7:20 p.m. ET on March 3.
• Affected Platforms: While the website version of Facebook saw the highest volume of reports, some users also experienced glitches on Instagram, Threads, and Meta’s business tools like Ads Manager.
• Scope: Reports peaked at over 11,000 on Downdetector in the U.S. alone, with additional reports from Canada, the UK, Italy, and several other countries.
• Common Errors: Many users encountered a message stating: “Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue”.

Current Status

• Resolution: Meta’s status page now indicates that previous disruptions to Ads Manager and other business products have been resolved.
• User Impact: Some users may still face minor issues with two-factor authentication or logging back in following the reset.
• Technical Cause: Meta has not released a specific explanation for this latest technical failure.