Census incident
Facebook (Meta) Sync Failures - API access disrupted
Census experienced a major incident on August 26, 2026 affecting Census Sync Management UI and Sync Engine, lasting 1h 2m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Census Sync Management UISync Engine
Update timeline
- identified Aug 26, 2026, 01:09 PM UTC
Facebook (Meta) syncs are experiencing failures with the error message - API access disrupted. Go to the App Dashboard and complete Data Use Checkup. An issue related to the Activations Meta app has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- resolved Aug 26, 2026, 02:11 PM UTC
The incident has now been resolved. All Facebook (Meta) syncs will recover on their next triggered or scheduled run.