Instagram DMs down for thousands in second outage this week

Instagram users experienced a second major outage in a week on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, affecting direct messages and login for thousands.

The disruption started around 9 pm in parts of Asia and spread globally, with reports peaking on Downdetector before declining.

Users could not send or receive DMs, and some faced login difficulties or connection problems with Instagram's servers.

Smaller issues were also reported for Meta platforms Facebook and Messenger during the same period.

Meta did not provide an official cause for this outage or the prior Sunday outage affecting Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.