Swat.io incident

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Swat.io experienced a major incident on October 4, 2021 affecting Facebook API and Web Application and 1 more component, lasting 6h 7m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 04, 2021, 04:05 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 04, 2021, 10:13 PM UTC
Duration
6h 7m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 04, 2021, 04:05 PM UTC

Affected components

Facebook APIWeb ApplicationFacebook Real-Time APIInstagram APIInstagram Real-Time API

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 04, 2021, 04:05 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Oct 04, 2021, 05:57 PM UTC

    Facebook acknowledged the worldwide outage of their platforms Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. We will continue to monitor the situation and restore Swat.io’s connection to those platforms as soon as they are back online.

  3. monitoring Oct 04, 2021, 09:29 PM UTC

    Facebook.com is reachable again but responds with error messages. Facebook’s own status updates can now be followed on their status page: https://status.fb.com.

  4. monitoring Oct 04, 2021, 10:02 PM UTC

    Most of Facebook's and Instagram's APIs are back. We're receiving webhooks (aka: realtime updates) again and can process most requests. We're actively monitoring our systems!

  5. resolved Oct 04, 2021, 10:13 PM UTC

    We continue to monitor the situation. At this point however, we believe that the incident is over and all systems are working again. 🤞