Branch incident

IOS Facebook Messenger Deeplinking Issue

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Branch experienced a notice incident on August 20, 2024, lasting 1d 2h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 20, 2024, 04:16 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 21, 2024, 06:32 PM UTC
Duration
1d 2h
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 20, 2024, 04:16 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. identified Aug 20, 2024, 04:16 PM UTC

    We have identified a change in the functionality of Facebook Messenger on IOS that is resulting in URL schemes to not be launched. As a result, deep linking functionality is impacted. We have reached out to Meta to identify the changes as well as exploring work arounds.

  2. resolved Aug 21, 2024, 06:32 PM UTC

    We’ve released a change to improve the end user experience by reducing the Deepview’s auto-fallback-redirect delay. As a result, if the link has a web URL set that is configured for App Links, the app will be opened by this mechanism very shortly after showing the Deepview. We will continue to investigate solutions to iterate and optimize the user experience.