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Signal is a cross-platform encrypted messaging service. It uses the Internet to send one-to-one and group messages, which can include files, voice notes, images and videos. It can also be used to make one-to-one and group voice and video calls.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Signal reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Signal users through our website.

  • 33% App Crashing (33%)
  • 33% Glitches (33%)
  • 17% Messaging (17%)
  • 17% Connection (17%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Signal outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Guayaquil App Crashing 28 days ago
Township of Evan Glitches 1 month ago
Township of Evan Glitches 2 months ago
Dar es Salaam Messaging 2 months ago
Remiremont Connection 2 months ago
Melbourne App Crashing 3 months ago
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Signal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • marchofer
    marc hofer (@marchofer) reported

    @BrendanEich @signalapp It’s an iOS issue, not Signal’s problem. Dump your Apple phone, us GrapheneOS …done.

  • bitchin1283e
    wanna be racer (@bitchin1283e) reported

    @chrisfrazier0 @Bwazenbull @signalapp Holy ****. I saw some other guy say VPN doesn't help, same for you?

  • erikvallart
    Erik Vallart (@erikvallart) reported

    @signalapp @mer__edith I explain the why this is a problem in my definitive case against mass surveillance essay.

  • IamRedListed
    GG (@IamRedListed) reported

    @topicswithatee @signalapp Think for a bit. Age verification? Ok, no big problem, don’t like it, but acceptable. Now… how do you think you detect unsafe content ***? Tech magic? Smartphone witch? Every byte of your mobile phone must go to some server, get unencrypted and scanned. You fine with this?

  • polacken5k
    Polacken (@polacken5k) reported

    @CityofHats @signalapp I mean, only the latest version of Signal supports linking phones and Android tablets as clients, so the version is kind of obvious. And yes, I agree, this is not a security issue. It is just a sync bug.

  • cyp3_xyz
    CYP3 (@cyp3_xyz) reported

    @signalapp @404mediaco Feels bigger than a bug more like an iOS notification design issue. Could’ve affected all E2EE apps, not just Signal. What about notifications already in iCloud backups?

  • sebuzdugan
    Sebastian Buzdugan (@sebuzdugan) reported

    @signalapp usernames help, but spam control gets harder when phone numbers stop anchoring identity

  • BrendanEich
    BrendanEich (@BrendanEich) reported

    Signal keeps nagging to enable push notifications, with no way to stop the nags. User-hostile not user-first, and now shown to be insecure. Please fix both bugs: allow nag-stopping, an easy fix; and (if you can) avoid insecure iOS-layer push notification database, @signalapp!

  • yegortk
    Yegor Tkachenko (@yegortk) reported

    @signalapp @prestonjbyrne Life is a multi-obejctive optimization problem - child safety is one important objective, privacy is another important objective (Iranians would love more privacy from their state). Maxing out a single objective when the price of that is sacrificing all else is a bad policy.

  • bitcoinzaddy
    Oyindamola⛓️ (@bitcoinzaddy) reported

    @signalapp Can you please fix the erratic behavior of Signal when registering with a +234 number? pleaseee

  • Miguelwtfzu
    miguel (@Miguelwtfzu) reported

    @vonderburchard @signalapp Layer 8 problem

  • notesnook
    Notesnook (@notesnook) reported

    @signalvoyager @signalapp What's the mistake? Enabling notifications? This is not isolated to Signal. If it were then we'd have a problem. Every single app's notifications gets saved in a place and manner that is outside that app's control. There's no opt out. That is why Apple fixed it.

  • beatrizelenaf
    @beatrizelenaflorez (@beatrizelenaf) reported

    @signalapp We kindly request a language translator for the application. If it's not too much trouble, thank you.

  • Alan79192519
    Alan (@Alan79192519) reported

    @signalapp If they force you, pull your service from the uk - this will send a powerful message. I wish apple would do the same thing ie shut off all iPhones - it would make people wake up and apple can afford to

  • seqnzes
    name (@seqnzes) reported

    @phillipstewart @signalapp This is a standard setting on every messaging app, and Apple fixed the issue of caching them. It was never a security flaw with Signal.

  • JayMutzafi
    Jay Mutzafi (@JayMutzafi) reported

    @signalapp why is Face ID so slow only on signal? Whyyyy? I beg of you to fix it. It’s death by a thousand unlocks. It’s a tiny torture that slowly sends me into madness each day. Please of the love of all that’s secure and private, fix it.

  • megabyte0x
    megabyte0x.eth (@megabyte0x) reported

    @TomZarebczan @signalapp @RadarChat The problem is not that. the problem is onboarding others. There's no point for me being there without anyone else I know, and I have been having a quite hard time to onboard people to Signal already :)

  • OzSalmond
    JohnSalmondOz (@OzSalmond) reported

    @carolecadwalla @signalapp Musk is a problem that needs to be dealt with entirely separately from protecting children from material our society has decided to bar them from. Musk and his like are a separate problem we MUST deal with anyhow. Using them as an excuse to avoid helping kids is absurd

  • smartgods042
    𝐌i𝐜h𝐚e𝐥 𝐈. A𝐫i𝐧z𝐞 (@smartgods042) reported

    @signalapp I’m having issue creating an acct, why?

  • dietrichBonh
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ghost (@dietrichBonh) reported

    @signalapp Idk. I’m almost always on the side of more privacy but jr this can’t help a lot of children from unimaginable horrors it doesn’t look bad to me. I would suffer any inconvenience for that.

  • bradbury2010
    Ian Bradbury (@bradbury2010) reported

    @PaulSmithDM @signalapp I thought "crap parents are so terrified of" might have been a clue that I agree with you completely. The missing tone of voice makes it harder though. I regard this "ooh the kiddies" as utterly despicable. The problem now is to find a party that won't do it.

  • storopoli
    Jose Storopoli (@storopoli) reported

    They don’t need it. Their encryption is broken and behind 5 clicks away and not turned on by default. Just use @signalapp

  • BrendanEich
    BrendanEich (@BrendanEich) reported

    @marchofer @signalapp Not so fast. There's a Signal issue here.

  • mpost_io
    Mpost Media Group (@mpost_io) reported

    ✅ @Apple has rolled out a software fix to address a flaw that stored notifications marked for deletion on the device. This vulnerability allowed the @FBI to read deleted messages in @signalapp. The update comes weeks after it was revealed that the agency managed to forensically extract copies of incoming #Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone in connection with an attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center facility. This was possible even after the app had been deleted, by exploiting the fact that copies of message content were stored in the device’s push notification database. Signal’s developers thanked Apple for its “quick action and for understanding and acting on the stakes of this kind of issue.”

  • Mzansi_Pulse
    Mzansi Pulse (@Mzansi_Pulse) reported

    @VusiThembekwayo @signalapp @telegram This will not help anyone. If one needs a secure way of communicating, one needs a self hosted option

  • KRinweb3
    KR 🟨 (@KRinweb3) reported

    @Daavya_vaishnav @signalapp Signal already wins on privacy and the UI is much better than many people expect. The harder problem is replacing Telegram’s bots, channels, and community infrastructure.

  • Alberto8793
    Alberto Nunez (@Alberto8793) reported

    @signalapp Hi Signal team — solo dev building an AGPL app on libsignal. To ship it on the Apple App Store I'd need a §7 App Store additional permission for libsignal (you did this for an earlier library ). I've filed the details in a GitHub issue on the libsignal repo. Could I get it in front of the right person? My code's AGPL, full source published. Thanks for libsignal. 🙏

  • JohnAsser65014
    Grey Observer (@JohnAsser65014) reported

    @topicswithatee @signalapp Help the parents have and use tools, don't design clunky sector wide failures.

  • dom_de_la_rose
    Dom (@dom_de_la_rose) reported

    @theweb3jess @signalapp @depressivehacks its not hard to lock down a phone to the most basic of functions are you that retarded?

  • CtrlAlt8080
    CTRL_ALT_DELETE (@CtrlAlt8080) reported

    @JackRhysider @signalapp Same as the API.WhatsAp is evrywhere bc Meta sells the Business API. eats the spam/abuse problem with a massive trust & safety org.Signal is 50 ppl at a nonprofit. Doctor-and-shop messaging means becoming a spam cop and a subpoena magnet. It's the the design, not a lack of will.