Major incident

Blip: Slow message sending and media sending failures

Affected: WhatsApp

Current status of Blip: Operational — live Blip status

Timeline

1. Jun 23, 2026, 23:09 UTC
   investigating
   We have identified slow message sending and media upload failures. As a result, customers have experienced/are experiencing/may experience media upload failures, with the error "Media upload error: Downloading media from weblink failed with http code 500, status message Timed out waiting for session" occurring.
2. Jun 23, 2026, 23:25 UTC
   monitoring
   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
3. Jun 24, 2026, 00:40 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by Blip (original).