Downdetector.com, a website for WhatsApp outage detection later confirmed the break down. It said that the app faced the outage at around 11:30 pm IST with some users also complaining that they couldn't log into the app. According to the website, about 44 per cent WhatsApp users faced connection-related problems, 40 per cent had problem sending or receiving messages problems and 15 per cent users had trouble logging in the app.
Many of the over 1.5 billion users, both on Android and iOS, were unable to log into their app on Tuesday. The reason behind the snag is yet to be announced by the company.
Moreover, the outage comes just a few hours after the messenger announced that it would be curbing the number of forwards for users worldwide - a policy which was already in place for India. The move is aimed at limiting hoaxes and rumours that lead to violence.
This is not the first time that the messaging app has stopped working. WhatsApp users faced the similar issue twice in 2017 as well.