Users report that WhatsApp went down on April 12, 2025: messages are not arriving.

This Saturday, April 12, 2025, WhatsApp users around the world began reporting problems with the instant messaging app. Since early morning, the platform experienced glitches that prevented the sending and receiving of messages, both in individual and group chats. The outage generated a wave of comments on social media, where users expressed their frustration and sought information about the cause of the problem.

What are the reported issues on WhatsApp?
The main issues identified by users include the inability to send or receive text messages, images, and voice notes. Additionally, some users reported problems accessing chats or syncing messages between mobile devices and the web version of WhatsApp. The Downdetector platform, which monitors the status of online services, recorded a spike in outage reports, with 92% of the issues related to sending messages, 5% to connecting to the server, and 3% to receiving messages.