India, April 12 -- Messaging platform WhatsApp faced a massive outage today which left users from India and other countries unable to send messages.

As per DownDetector, users started reporting issues with accessing WhatsApp around 4:30 PM but the issue was resolved around 6 PM. However, the platform became unresponsive again around 7 PM. By 8:16 PM, the outage peaked as many as 2,815 users reported issues with the messaging app on the tracking website.

87% of the users reported issues with "sending messages", while 10% flagged issues with the app itself.

The company has so far not issued any clarification on the matter. However, as per Meta's dashboard for business products, WhatsApp Business API did face "low disruptions" on April 12...