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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.

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Most Reported Problems

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

  • 27% App Crashing (27%)
  • 27% Messaging (27%)
  • 18% Connection (18%)
  • 18% Glitches (18%)
  • 9% Video (9%)

Live Outage Map

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Township of Evan Glitches 7 days ago
Township of Evan Glitches 15 days ago
Dar es Salaam Messaging 22 days ago
Remiremont Connection 27 days ago
Melbourne App Crashing 2 months ago
Hagerstown App Crashing 2 months ago
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Signal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • wadejbeckett
    Wade J. Beckett (@wadejbeckett) reported

    @signalapp please fix the attachment limitation on desktop clients. I don't like having to use WhatsApp just to send multiple files to a contact.

  • signalvoyager
    SignalVoyager (@signalvoyager) reported

    And now @RadarChat brings that same freedom to Signal replacing what is wrong with hile keeping what is good. Is it too much to ask @vikrantnyc to fix @signalapp 's backup problem? (n/n)

  • CHiPs1988
    Old School (@CHiPs1988) reported

    @Apple Siri is horrible! Never gets it right. Try to dictate on CarPlay and it will cut you off. I message is horrible as well. The @signalapp is way better! @grok is great and always gets it right! Will even correct me sometimes and it was right! Hire English speaking people to teach IPhone to dictate properly. I’ve worked in the labs and I know who is working on the iPhones. This is the problem. “No Joke!”

  • mag_restlin
    ast_pap (@mag_restlin) reported

    @signalapp European union attempts to take down Signal because they can not control it. So they try to make a picture that the app is not safe.

  • LeoVasanko
    Leo (@LeoVasanko) reported

    @NivalCat @BrendanEich @signalapp I find it a bigger problem that they still require a phone to run. Cannot install on a PC (Signal Desktop still requires a phone to be running and proxy messages to it).

  • beatrizelenaf
    @beatrizelenaflorez (@beatrizelenaf) reported

    @signalapp We kindly request a language translator for the application. If it's not too much trouble, thank you.

  • ChangW30200
    常隆威 (@ChangW30200) reported

    @signalapp I believe that to solve this problem, we must learn from the software Session/SimpleX and remove the real-name registration requirement for phone numbers. This would render any hacking efforts futile.

  • Alberto8793
    Alberto Nunez (@Alberto8793) reported

    @signalapp Hi Signal team — solo dev building an AGPL app on libsignal. To ship it on the Apple App Store I'd need a §7 App Store additional permission for libsignal (you did this for an earlier library ). I've filed the details in a GitHub issue on the libsignal repo. Could I get it in front of the right person? My code's AGPL, full source published. Thanks for libsignal. 🙏

  • Tech_Temp_
    Tech_Temp (@Tech_Temp_) reported

    @agaefendi_ @signalapp It's amazing that you've reported the CSAM. But what I am telling you is that if they create a privacy service where you can save your pictures or other days that you want to stay private nothing is stopping them from doing the same thing they are doing now. We need to act now

  • Ammir
    AmiR Rashidi (@Ammir) reported

    Firebase Phone Number Verification going GA matters far beyond developer convenience. In countries like #Iran, where SMS verification codes are often blocked or unreliable, SMS-less phone verification could help users register for secure apps — if adopted by apps like @signalapp.

  • SAP127001
    S.A.P (@SAP127001) reported

    @yrschrade @orithellama @signalapp You need more than that. It’s not the encryption that’s the problem with Signal, it’s the pre exposed mobile number and by extension home address

  • aw_nz
    Andrew W 🥝 (@aw_nz) reported

    @0xPhilH @vonderburchard @signalapp The users got hacked, not Signal. If those users' Signal accounts hadn't been phished, it's likely at some point in the near future those same users' accounts on some other service would be phished as the same vulnerable point of entry (the user themselves) remains.

  • zchat_app
    Zchat | Shielded messenger (@zchat_app) reported

    @signalapp phishing thrives in the gap between encrypted transport and unverified identity. the hardest privacy problem isn't the message content, it's proving who sent it

  • callebtc
    calle (@callebtc) reported

    PSA: purchased a phone number for @signalapp registration at @smspoolnet but the number got re-sold to a scammer else after 3 months. that person took over the signal account. super dangerous. terrible service guarantee by smspool and dangerous auth practice by signal . basically sim swapping without the social engineering. not your phone network, not your number (you can't own a mobile number).

  • areyoukay
    FAFO (@areyoukay) reported

    @topicswithatee @signalapp Stop giving kids smart phones Problem solved It’s on the lazy *** parents

  • MeanHash
    MeanHash ₿ ✪ (@MeanHash) reported

    So @signalapp what the play here? Can't bow down to this rule.

  • spamfighter666
    Spamfighter (@spamfighter666) reported

    @privacylawyer @signalapp the citizen lab link is broken. but no, it would not be amusing; my company is entirely predicated on extensive signal use, and having them remove service for Canadians would be very destructive to my organization

  • Love_Lorn9952
    صدایی تو جهانم نیست♐ (@Love_Lorn9952) reported

    @signalapp I am writing to report a persistent issue with receiving the registration/verification SMS code in Iran.

  • bradbury2010
    Ian Bradbury (@bradbury2010) reported

    @PaulSmithDM @signalapp I thought "crap parents are so terrified of" might have been a clue that I agree with you completely. The missing tone of voice makes it harder though. I regard this "ooh the kiddies" as utterly despicable. The problem now is to find a party that won't do it.

  • KRinweb3
    KR (@KRinweb3) reported

    @TFTC21 Wait… privacy tools are supposed to protect users when access to their data is being forced, not become the problem themselves. Device privacy, encrypted communication, and network protection are all becoming essential layers. @GrapheneOS and @signalapp are examples of how privacy is being built into different parts of the stack.

  • alienznbotz
    alienznbotz.nft (@alienznbotz) reported

    @signalapp Hello, why can't Android users not send a vídeo without having to have enable Google Photos App to be able to compress any video. Why can't it be independent of Google photos for compression like WhatsApp does. Please address this issue. Thank you.

  • wangubaagu
    信道 (しんどう) ⁷ (@wangubaagu) reported

    My mistake, folks. Sorry. I was on an old computer with Debian 11, and I was tired. There is no problem with Signal Desktop @signalapp in @debian 12 and 13.

  • MisterRee321
    Mister Ree (@MisterRee321) reported

    @ShaneAKAProp @beverleyturner @signalapp Not my problem.

  • craig100
    Craig Stevens (@craig100) reported

    @LabDRN @signalapp A better way to do this is to only switch the service on for childs' phones. The parents do that when they set up the phone. No dig ID needed.

  • itsLIRAN
    Liran Cohen (CTV + CSFS) (@itsLIRAN) reported

    @simulx4 @signalapp I'm working on it! It's a hard problem to solve, and even with my current solution there is some metadata leakage. Some of the metadata can be obfuscated for protocols that aren't many-to-many in large numbers.

  • storopoli
    Jose Storopoli (@storopoli) reported

    They don’t need it. Their encryption is broken and behind 5 clicks away and not turned on by default. Just use @signalapp

  • JayMutzafi
    Jay Mutzafi (@JayMutzafi) reported

    @signalapp why is Face ID so slow only on signal? Whyyyy? I beg of you to fix it. It’s death by a thousand unlocks. It’s a tiny torture that slowly sends me into madness each day. Please of the love of all that’s secure and private, fix it.

  • Batmanvader007
    Creka360 (@Batmanvader007) reported

    @theweb3jess @signalapp @depressivehacks Why is this Signal's problem? But what Starmer proposed is not a solution. Why don't you come up with something since you care so much. Maybe put all under 18 in a closed environment and monitor their every move, might work

  • aleksisjoberg
    Aleksi Sjöberg (@aleksisjoberg) reported

    @nullc0py @signalapp @404mediaco Of course that _could_ be a feature, but: - many receiving such messages would think something is broken - the recipient must have control of their own device's behavior over the sender - the real risk is the human at the other end most of the time

  • cloudnine1080
    Jason Kling (@cloudnine1080) reported

    @signalapp 0 trust is the way. Demons can slip in and out of souls and can potentially cause a number of issues. We should “try” to give people cyber security on their devices with select individuals granted scanning access with AI tools.