Facebook outage on May 1 — 19-minute disruption
May 1, 09:13 PM → May 1, 09:33 PM · 19 minutes · high
Facebook experienced a service disruption on May 1, 2026, which was detected by user reports. The incident lasted approximately 19 minutes and was resolved at 21:33 UTC.
Impact
During the disruption, users reported issues with the Facebook social platform. These reports primarily originated from the United States. The nature of the reports indicated general social platform issues, affecting user experience. The incident was detected by user reports, indicating a user-visible impact.
Top reported issues
- Social platform issues1
Most affected regions
- United States1
Incident timeline
- May 1, 09:13 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 1, 09:15 PM
Peak of 0 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 1, 09:33 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 09:13 PM
Facebook status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - May 1, 09:33 PM
Manually added after outage observation: Facebook is down.