The platform flags such incidents only when user reports spike well above the usual volume

WhatsApp, the popular Meta-owned messaging platform, suffered a major outage on Monday, 8 September, leaving thousands of users across India unable to send messages or upload status updates.

According to outage tracker Downdetector, more than 410 complaints were logged by 2:20 pm. Of these, 54 per cent related to server connection failures, 24 per cent to problems on the desktop version, and 22 per cent to glitches on the mobile app. The platform flags such incidents only when user reports spike well above the usual volume.