MessageBird (Bird): WhatsApp outbound and inbound delays

MinorStatus: resolvedStarted 2023-08-02 15:45 UTCResolved 2023-08-02 15:54 UTC (9 min)1 updatestatus.bird.com

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resolved2023-08-02 15:54 UTC
An incident has been reported by Meta regarding the WhatsApp Business API, as detailed on their status page https://metastatus.com/whatsapp-business-api (opens in new tab). The issue has been successfully resolved after an intermittent occurrence between 17:17 and 17:57 CET. During this period, there were instances of delayed messages that have now been delivered.

From MessageBird (Bird)’s published incident history: for incidents before Rewindex began polling this status page, only the final update text is available.

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Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by MessageBird (Bird), started 2023-08-02 15:45 UTC, resolved after 9 min, 1 update(s).

Title: WhatsApp outbound and inbound delays
Vendor: MessageBird (Bird)
Date: 2023-08-02 15:45 UTC
URL: https://rewindex.com/company/messagebird-bird/incidents/lq0ld5fxdz5m

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