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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.

Signal Outage Chart 01/16/2026 16:40

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Messaging (60%)

    Messaging (60%)

  2. Connection (28%)

    Connection (28%)

  3. App Crashing (6%)

    App Crashing (6%)

  4. Sign in (3%)

    Sign in (3%)

  5. Glitches (2%)

    Glitches (2%)

  6. Multimedia (1%)

    Multimedia (1%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
NorwayOslo Connection
EcuadorQuito Sign in
GermanyBerlin Glitches
United KingdomBromsgrove Connection
PhilippinesMakati City App Crashing
GermanyHamburg Messaging
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Signal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • chelsean507 Alberto Domínguez🇵🇦 (@chelsean507) reported

    @HaradaWins @signalapp Could you help me with this suggestion? I am sure a lot of people are wishing to reply a quoted message with a sticker... Both sticker and quoted message should be sent together in the same message

  • Ah_BSR ΛHMΞD (@Ah_BSR) reported

    @signalapp You have to fix the issue of the phone not ringing and the message "missed call" appearing instead, so that people can sense the usefulness of the app and then donate

  • sagarkul90 Sagar K. (@sagarkul90) reported

    @signalapp You just let us down by your **** app. No productive updates, too many bugs. Uninstalled after using for some time. Better option is telegram

  • nbougalis 𝙽𝙸𝙺𝙱 (@nbougalis) reported

    Prefer messaging services that don’t rely on phone numbers as an identifier. The otherwise excellent @signalapp relies on a phone number, but offers options to mitigate a stolen phone number; they have downsides but they’re better than nothing. P.S. Signal, please fix that!

  • Ollyywood Olly (@Ollyywood) reported

    @signalapp everytime somebody sends me a video i get a black screen with sound. Fix the app

  • ntePotenz n-te Potenz (@ntePotenz) reported

    @signalapp hello 👋🏻, do you know about connection problems of Users in China?

  • 0x1337a1 /bin/sh#⟩ (@0x1337a1) reported

    @fortysevenfx @signalapp Downloading a desktop client doesn't solve trust on first use either. A service worker could verify static resource integrity and never expire just like desktop... Afaik the desktop app doesn't utilize any security API for storing secrets...

  • eymenkur Eymen Kurdoğlu (@eymenkur) reported

    @signalapp Yo @signalapp my friends are super upset that they can't send "live" pictures as gifs in our group chat, can you prioritize that CR please? Don't worry I got your back, they won't sell out as long as I'm around, but help me out here a bit :)

  • BitChris4 BitChris (@BitChris4) reported

    @NerdOfAdvice @S3ViYQ @signalapp Myself have several solutions to fix it over but not all my friends know these, really a pity, thanks a lot

  • 0x1337a1 /bin/sh#⟩ (@0x1337a1) reported

    @signalapp Shouldn't a service worker address all of your concerns regarding a web application?

  • dxxxn_ dan (@dxxxn_) reported

    @signalapp When will you fixed the “original content not found” issue with quoted responses. See multiple people having the problem and debug logs sent on GitHub as well as users experiencing it and posting on Reddit.

  • lupetedigio Luca Peter Di Giovanni (@lupetedigio) reported

    @signalapp Anyone esle having problems with the signal calls ringtone?

  • aiwaarsi Imtiyaz Warsi (@aiwaarsi) reported

    @signalapp @kurth2909 Drop this idea , you'll end what made you famous (privacy) May face lot of privacy issue

  • a_vijayakar Anand Vijayakar he/him | آنند و‌یجیکر (@a_vijayakar) reported

    @signalapp @jack A “mark all read” feature would really help.

  • Azmat407 Azzzz (@Azmat407) reported

    @signalapp @Asher68W But your app have issues. It got stuck and stops receiving/sending messages. Especially in the evening in Pakistan. May be because suddenly overloaded

  • skatcat743 SKATCAT! (@skatcat743) reported

    @signalapp “Privacy isn’t an optional mode@ Get $xmr on your partners service or roll it yourself. Using a t address on zec lmao. Get good get support.

  • magi093 Edwan Vi (@magi093) reported

    @Chris_Yeung98 @signalapp it's basically just fanmail-by-SMS, the number gets routed through a service and it's about as direct as mentioning them on Twitter

  • vctlse Victor Toulouse (@vctlse) reported

    @signalapp OK, I have to read that a bit carefully. But overall it seems to be mostly about what «the Signal service» knows, or rather does not know, and not about what 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 can discover using the content of your address book.

  • emilyjaneross Emily Ross (@emilyjaneross) reported

    Hey @signalapp I love you. Mostly because my kids couldn't open your app while using my phone for school because it took my fingerprint to open it. But NOW Android swipe function is enabled to access which of course they know. What's the fix please?

  • jamiedyer_ Jamie Dyer (@jamiedyer_) reported

    @soumyajitbarua @signalapp "Here's a state of the art secure messaging service that you can choose to pay for or not." "Great. Where's the new features? I'm bored." Fking people.

  • ArvinYan1 Jun (@ArvinYan1) reported

    @signalapp Signal app just can’t use in chinese main land because of network blocked,Can you fix it?

  • derekmross Derek Ross (@derekmross) reported

    @CassidyJames @signalapp I agree there. I'd rather have my data backup on Google Drive using the platform APIs as you mentioned so it "just works" whenever I get a new phone. Additionally, if I have a lost phone or a broken phone, this new backup and restore method does absolutely nothing for me.

  • midmagic midnight (@midmagic) reported

    @signalapp Help us leave phone numbers behind please. :-)

  • GenericBlog Paulski genericblog@bitcoinhackers.org ☣️⚡₿🔑 (@GenericBlog) reported

    @signalapp Your bitcoin lightning donation page is broken 😪

  • Sada_Gowda Sada (@Sada_Gowda) reported

    @ilidiocn @signalapp This is still a more clear and honest approach. Don't call asking for donations as begging, they have built something and want our support, you can choose not to donate and not use their service, instead of being a freeloader

  • skatcat743 SKATCAT! (@skatcat743) reported

    @signalapp “Privacy isn’t an optional mode.”Get $xmr on your partners service or roll it yourself. Using a t address on zec lmao. Get good cryptos get support.

  • CassidyJames Cassidy James Blaede (@CassidyJames) reported

    @derekmross @signalapp If you don’t trust the encryption in the first place, that’s a bigger problem. If you do trust the encryption, then backing up the encrypted database and not the key should be safe.

  • RealDannis Chris (@RealDannis) reported

    @signalapp signal down in China, can’t spent message, plz check.

  • paolarefinetti paola refinetti (@paolarefinetti) reported

    @signalapp @jack Please, I need talk to you, can you help me please?

  • Random81231218 Random (@Random81231218) reported

    @signalapp Help please there's no 'censorship circumvention' in my mom's and lil sis' Signal. They got their Signal blocked today in Mainland.