# MessageBird (Bird): WhatsApp channel creation not operational

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2022-10-19 16:30 UTC · Resolved: 2022-10-19 21:18 UTC · Duration: 4.8 h
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.bird.com/incidents/qd7hrd8w8hz0](https://status.bird.com/incidents/qd7hrd8w8hz0)
- [Company: MessageBird (Bird)](https://rewindex.com/company/messagebird-bird.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2022-10-19 21:18 UTC: Our engineering team and Meta team have worked together to resolve this issue. We can confirm that channel creation is fully operational. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused you.

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