WhatsApp Web Outage Leaves Users Unable to Log In

On Wednesday morning, 20 May 2026, users of WhatsApp Web reported an outage after attempting to log in. Some were unexpectedly redirected to the Facebook interface. The disruption circulated on social media and raised questions about whether Meta was blocking access to WhatsApp via laptops in favour of Facebook, though such speculation remained unconfirmed. Reports from Downdetector indicated an uptick in incidents in a matter of hours. The outage did not appear to affect all users but was sufficiently widespread to generate global discussion. Problems reported included pages not loading properly, redirects to Meta services such as Facebook, QR codes failing to scan during login, or login failing after device linking. Meta has not issued an official explanation for the outage as of press time.