Hootsuite incident

Issues publishing video content to Instagram and Threads

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Resolved after 17 hours, on May 2, 2026.

resolved May 04, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC

We can confirm that Meta experienced an issue affecting users' ability to publish video content to Instagram and Threads accounts. This occurred between 1:00 AM PDT and 6:00 PM PDT on May 2, 2026. All affected publishing services have been restored to normal operations.

Started
May 02, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC
Resolved
May 03, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Duration
17h
Detected by Pingoru
May 02, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC

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  1. resolved May 04, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC

    We can confirm that Meta experienced an issue affecting users' ability to publish video content to Instagram and Threads accounts. This occurred between 1:00 AM PDT and 6:00 PM PDT on May 2, 2026. All affected publishing services have been restored to normal operations.

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