It looks like the ‘outage flu’ isn’t over yet. Yesterday, YouTube, Facebook, and Google Cloud all went down, affecting millions of users. This is only weeks after both GitHub and YouTube faced a worldwide outage issue that lasted for well over half an hour for users worldwide.
YouTube users took to Twitter, yesterday, to vent their frustration. A range of issues were reported, from video playback to other error messages.
@TeamYouTube You should put out a notice to your users having problems loading videos. If they have a VPN, they can place it in Brazil or Switzerland in order for their videos to load while you guys fix the problem. #Youtube #YoutubeDown #VPN #VPN2TheRescue #Bitcoin
— TheCryptoMinerInstaller (@easy_twits) November 12, 2018
#YouTube is unexpectedly down, staff saying it should be up in couple of hours @YouTube
— therealalecbanker (@adb071004) November 12, 2018
Is #YouTube down or wat? It’s so slow like I can’t watch any videos cuz it’s taking forever to load!!!!😡😡😡
— Jimin’sPrincess❤️🌹 (@BEvansBabyGirl) November 12, 2018
The YouTube team hasn’t responded to the incident and outlined what they believe the cause of the outage was. So far, the team has only tweeted saying that they’re aware of the issue and have received similar reports from users.
Hi there. We're aware of a known issue affecting app logins on certain devices. We're working on a fix and we'll keep you posted with any updates!
— Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) November 12, 2018
Thanks for the report. We're aware and looking into it. Appreciate your patience.
— Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) November 12, 2018
Facebook goes down
Facebook also went down yesterday during the morning on the west coast of the U.S… The outage lasted for about 40 minutes. The website showed an error simply saying “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can” to users trying to access the site.
Users also faced difficulties using Facebook Messenger. The outage was a result of an issue caused due to a routine test conducted by Facebook.
#FacebookDown with weird error….
Watch as all those who love FB try to remember their twitter password to discuss the fact they can't get on @facebook pic.twitter.com/DVD4IlJmEb
— Brian Fanzo (@iSocialFanz) November 12, 2018
I guess i work during the day? I thought it was my mandatory get caught up with people time…#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/RYVYTrADrm
— Laststand (@laststand1507) November 12, 2018
Since Facebook is down I guess I should do something meaningful with my day…Or go on Twitter and waste time here. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/TRGMejUD1L
— Femi Redwood (@femiredwood) November 12, 2018
Problems on Google Cloud
Google cloud also faced the same fate as Youtube and Facebook as it went down yesterday afternoon at around 1:12 PM PT and ended at 2:35 PM PT. Users faced connectivity issues when using a number of Google services including Google APIs, load balancers, and other external IP addresses.
The Google support team posted an update on the outage on Google Cloud status dashboard.
“Throughout the duration of this issue Google services were operating as expected and we believe the root cause of the issue was external to Google. We will conduct an internal investigation of this issue and make appropriate improvements to our systems to help prevent or minimize future recurrence”.
Google also tweeted back to users who were complaining about the outage.
Hi Eddie, the Support Team is posting updates about the Google Cloud Networking issue on the Status Dashboard. I recommend checking there for updates https://t.co/Y7OMsx9dVc. -VS
— Google Cloud Platform (@GCPcloud) November 12, 2018
Facebook was down today. Google Cloud too, which hosts services like @nest @YouTube @gitlab @Spotify and a multitude of other startups.
Our internet is fragile. This is why we need distributed systems like what @SiaTechHQ is building, so our digital infra is more fault-tolerant.
— Eddie Wang (@eddiepluswang) November 12, 2018