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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 01/17/2026 20:45

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Messaging (59%)

    Messaging (59%)

  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:

  • Adee__mighty Ade (@Adee__mighty) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp Cos AWS is down

  • grok Grok (@grok) reported

    @plentyxyz @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp Signal's outage underscores the irony: while cloud providers diversify (as roon notes), many apps like Signal remain tethered to centralized servers for core functions like message relay. No, Signal isn't decentralized—its protocol is end-to-end encrypted, but it relies on Signal Foundation's managed servers, creating single points of failure. True decentralization would distribute that across user nodes or federated systems, which Signal hasn't implemented.

  • xinity Xinity (@xinity) reported

    hum @signalapp runs on @awscloud ??? because it's broken at the same time :(

  • CosmicMolecule AngryBird (@CosmicMolecule) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp AWS is down!!

  • MindfulMinter Yasha (@MindfulMinter) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp Its not down in central Europe.

  • onchainyoda AlphaxZee (@onchainyoda) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp signal being down when we're in a wave of privacy is a big 🚩

  • nd_lombardi Andrea Lombardi (@nd_lombardi) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp We should build a system that stores, data and messages only on the device it’s chatting with. So if two people are trying, the messages are only on those devices and the server just does a service of sending them without ever storing them. Just a relay point.

  • thedealdirector The Deal Director (@thedealdirector) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp AWS going down as a play at disrupting Signal?

  • CooperAsheley Cooper (@CooperAsheley) reported

    @HFadigah @manideepbattula @signalapp AWS down, these SaaS relies on it.

  • JackFlak100 JackFlak (@JackFlak100) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp Power Outage at Langley?

  • dralwingeorge Alwin George  (@dralwingeorge) reported

    @1CFBdvAI @signalapp Yes…what is the actual issue 🤯🤯🤯..

  • vpavlin Václav Pavlín (@vpavlin) reported

    @Varunx10 @signalapp I can see a few "requirements" needed for any p2p network to be able to avoid hyperscalers: 1. Make it a requirement for your nodes to be able to run on user HW - i.e. my laptop can easily run the node regarding CPU, RAM, but also bandwidth 2. Make the nodes part of the application - i.e. do not force me to run extra software 3. Add benefits for people running a "full" node - maybe you get faster message delivery, maybe you get higher reliability (related to the previous one because higher reliability leads to less retries hence better speed), maybe there is even a way to incentivise people to switch to running a full node rather than an edge node/using RPC It is not a problem that people would run nodes on hyperscalers. That is part of it, the problem arises when you are forced to run nodes on hyperscalers because of bad design or when you are only forced to use one because of some HW requirement - which some networks cannot avoid (think particular TEEs) For general communication network being able to contribute to the network security and resilience from my laptop in a place with decent internet connect is a must to prevent this centralization.

  • smoothiefreitas André Freitas (@smoothiefreitas) reported

    I would never expect that @signalapp was so sensitive to an AWS outage. Creating again my @telegram as Backup

  • qm3ster Mihail Malo (@qm3ster) reported

    @MemesOfMars @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp Was down in Serbia 🤬

  • KostaOGx Kosta Walczyk (@KostaOGx) reported

    @signalapp Server down?

  • Ganesh94725053 OTIS (@Ganesh94725053) reported

    @signalapp down, not working from past 2 hours #signal #signaldown

  • PratikvChavan Pratik chavan (@PratikvChavan) reported

    @signalapp Hi Team, messages taking time to delivered. Uninstalled ans installed again now not able to verify sms login verification. What happend?

  • taltalon Tal Barenboim (@taltalon) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp no problem to use aws - but use it right. most do not do multi region HA (with 2-3AZ in each region) due to costs, so they fail. rarely AWS fails cross complete regions (i.e S3) but cloud will always fail and hence you must deploy in multiple region. problem is that its $$$

  • MarkJoh86998272 Mark John (@MarkJoh86998272) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp AWS us-east-1 is down, so I guess they use that region...

  • 2sush sush (@2sush) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp im shocked signal app is down.

  • lostpapillon21 lostpapillon21 (@lostpapillon21) reported

    @signalapp down?

  • 0xCAFAD 0xCAFAD (@0xCAFAD) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp Most likely because Android/iOS push notification services are down. The Signal servers are distributed across several cloud providers and data centers.

  • MemesOfMars Dreams of Mars 🕊❤️🚀🌕 (@MemesOfMars) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp its not down in Germany (Starlink) Looks like US internet infrastructure sucks?

  • marekrost Marek Rost (@marekrost) reported

    @TT4261954655059 @signalapp Yeah, thanks for explanation, that makes sense. Today's outage certainly shows a lot about system resilience, like Atlassian statuspage service not working while it's entire purpose is to show information about systems not working...

  • laguiar Luiz Aguiar 🇧🇷🇩🇪 (@laguiar) reported

    Right now I cannot send memes to other two people in Berlin via @signalapp because AWS has issues in an US based server. That’s the proper definition of fragile.

  • InfoR00M Info Room (@InfoR00M) reported

    🚨Elon Musk publicly stated he NO LONGER TRUSTS @signalapp, citing past security vulnerabilities like storing recovery data on insecure Intel SGX enclaves. The remark follows a recent AWS outage affecting multiple services, raising concerns over Signal’s reliability and privacy.

  • 21nemus Nemus | Stakecito 🏴‍☠️ (@21nemus) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp Down for several hours already.

  • dani_wam dani.wam 🏴‍☠️ ⓦ (@dani_wam) reported

    @peter_szilagyi @signalapp down for me on desktop

  • so_vanew so-va ☀️🌊 #mrzimgace (@so_vanew) reported

    @signalapp is the marketing team also on AWS so that there is no info on why the service is not available? maybe its time to get a fallback, or multiple provider infrastructure up and running

  • truththat70 truththat (@truththat70) reported

    @BasedBeffJezos @signalapp Not actually true. Cloud customers are now using all hyper scalers, not just one. There are a lot off network and security issues with that not to mention people skills.