# MessageBird (Bird): WhatsApp issues creating new channels and some numbers showing as unavailable in the WhatsApp Manager

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2022-12-06 09:06 UTC · Resolved: 2022-12-06 10:41 UTC · Duration: 1.6 h
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.bird.com/incidents/hvt8fbjg15j9](https://status.bird.com/incidents/hvt8fbjg15j9)
- [Company: MessageBird (Bird)](https://rewindex.com/company/messagebird-bird.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2022-12-06 10:41 UTC: Meta has confirmed the issue affecting channel creation and phone status has been fully resolved.

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