Facebook was down for users this morning, and the desktop version appeared unavailable. Is Instagram down was not the only question people were asking while the site issue spread, because the service showed an Account Temporarily Unavailable message.
Facebook and Account Temporarily Unavailable
Users saw this message: "Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes."
That wording tells users two things at once. The problem sat with the site, not a single account, and the message pointed them back to the service instead of a settings fix.
DownDetector and 9am searches
The DownDetector website showed a spike in searches for "Facebook down" just before 9am this morning. That is the clearest sign that people were trying to separate a local glitch from a wider outage while the desktop version was unavailable.
For users on a desktop browser, the practical next step was simple: try again after a few minutes, because the message said the issue was expected to be resolved shortly. The source does not say whether access returned by then.
Meta site issue this morning
The outage was described as a site issue, and that leaves the cause unanswered. For anyone locked out this morning, the only working clue was the message itself and the spike in searches that followed.
