Meta-owned WhatsApp witnessed a major disruption at around 11.55 pm on Wednesday. Many users reported issues with sending and receiving messages on the messaging app platform. It wasn’t clear what caused the problem at midnight.

Downdetector, a platform that monitors problems with websites and apps, received over 80,000 reports regarding Whatsapp outages over a short period. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), WhatsApp wrote, “We know some people are experiencing issues right now, we’re working on getting things back to 100% for everyone as quickly as possible.”