Telegram outage disrupts service

There was a Telegram outage around 16:00 MSK on December 16.

Most issues were reported by users in Europe, the Middle East, and western and central Russia.

Data: DownDetector.

Ninety-one per cent report being unable to connect to Telegram; eight per cent cannot send messages.

DownDetector recorded the first access issues as early as 5:21 MSK.

Technical teams are already conducting restoration work:

Some of our users, primarily in Europe and the Middle East are currently experiencing connection issues. We’re working to bring them back online. 🤠 Please hang on, and sorry for the inconvenience!

— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) December 16, 2020

Also users are reporting issues with WhatsApp and the YouTube video platform.

Update: Telegram work was restored at 17:33 MSK.

And now everyone affected should be back online. Note that you might experience some lingering effects like not all messages being visible – these will go away on your own very soon. No need to do anything on your end. Thank you for your patience and welcome back! pic.twitter.com/Qx3PpJ56K5

— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) December 16, 2020

Earlier on December 14, there was a widespread outage in Google’s services due to storage problems.