WhatsApp says outage result of 'technical error', now resolved

The outage lasted for a brief period (Representative image)

The outage which WhatsApp users faced for a brief period on October 25 was due to a "technical error", the company said in a statement.

"The brief outage was a result of a technical error on our part and has now been resolved," a spokesperson of the Meta-owned messaging application said.

WhatsApp began to act up in the afternoon with messages not being delivered to recipients, especially in groups. Subsequently, Twitter got flooded with memes from WhatsApp users across the world who flocked to the micro-blogging site to check if others were facing the same problem.

Here's how WhatsApp users had reacted about the outage on Twitter:

You came here to see if Whatsapp is down right? pic.twitter.com/Vwx1urd3BS

— 0xShane (@BeLikeShane) October 25, 2022

Everyone running to #Twitter to check on #Whatsapp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/MEm6MpegWQ

— Aarti Patil (@aartipatil92) October 25, 2022

When your WhatsApp is playing up but you come to Twitter and see that everyone else is having the same problem #WhatsAppDown#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/dTZT1GQVWL

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— Kiran kodali's (@Kiranntr19) October 25, 2022

Me... coming here to confirm WhatsApp down #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/4JtBLKGRHQ

— Farouk G. Asimegbe (@jahswheelFarooq) October 25, 2022

Everyone running to Twitter to come confirm if WhatsApp is really down #WhatsappDown pic.twitter.com/mEqNFr9tEV

— Sam

I was wondering why is my Internet not working. Until I tried to refresh my Twitter feed and that brought me to your tweet.!

— Aashna Patel (@Aashnapatel610) October 25, 2022

WhatsApp had recently announced that it's testing avatar support in beta. According to a report from WABetaInfo, Meta is testing the feature with a limited set of WhatsApp users on Android. It will likely allow users to share and configure avatars, and maybe even personalise stickers.

This comes a few months after the feature was introduced on Instagram in May. It allows users to create a 3D avatar of themselves online that can be used with Stories and messages.

Read more: After Twitter, WhatsApp testing 'edit' feature for messages