Signal down or not working? Current app problems and status

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.

Most Reported Problems

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

• Messaging (51%)
• Connection (28%)
• Sign in (9%)
• Multimedia (4%)
• App Crashing (4%)
• Glitches (3%)
• Video (1%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Karlsruhe	Multimedia	7 days ago
Montigny-le-Bretonneux	Messaging	7 days ago
Seattle	Connection	8 days ago
Miami	Sign in	11 days ago
Eindhoven	Messaging	24 days ago
Belgrade	Messaging	24 days ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Signal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Tim O'Rourke (@tdorourke) reported 4 minutes ago

  . @signalapp Known bug preventing some users from opening the app and no fix/version release in > 2 weeks?

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  Vincent Englebert (@englebertv) reported 5 minutes ago

  @signalapp Hi, Signal has become really unstable on iPad. The latest OS update and re-installations of the application do not change the situation. Help please...

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  Simon J🦣 (@Simon818) reported 11 minutes ago

  At some point recently, the @SignalApp started using @HCaptcha during their login process on iOS. Because the accessibility cookie lives in Safari and doesn't carry over to browser views in apps, it's now impossible to log in with a screen reader. 2023: Still hate captchas.

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  Alex ✨ Dad ✨ 🇺🇦🇨🇿 (@alexandermweiss) reported 11 minutes ago

  @signalapp I have notifications turned on for the iOS version of Signal and I almost never get the notifications. Is there a problem with the app?

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  My1 (@chaos.social) (@My1xT) reported 11 minutes ago

  @JunkStar2k @cgpipeliner @signalapp is it that bad that signal cannot do SMS? I mean whatapp cant either and basically everyone and their grandma has it without issues

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  Thomas Gabrielsen (@DoRullings) reported 12 minutes ago

  @derekmorr @signalapp I know SMS's encryption is broken, and in a perfect world, there would be an open common end-to-end encryption protocol standard that all message apps supported, but that won't happen. Getting people to use services like Signal has been difficult, and now it'll be even harder.

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  Sue Dough (@guwopovich) reported 12 minutes ago

  @MK_ULTA_ @KodyKinzie @signalapp The people you talk to, how frequently you talk to them and when you speak to them. It doesn’t raise the bar, it provides you with data to help design proper protocols.

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  𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑜 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖 (@tech_instigator) reported 13 minutes ago

  @postnick @signalapp I don’t understand what is the problem to use alternative messenger that is better than iMessage overall. Signal and Telegram are the best options

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  Missyh49h (@MissyF49) reported 16 minutes ago

  @signalapp Is your app down for android users right now? Just updated and app isnt responding

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  Same name on Spoutible. 🐳 (@EnnisCole) reported 17 minutes ago

  @Jd_Rummer @signalapp They reached out to me to solicit a donation once they added scheduled texts, which I'd been asking for for a long time. I donated and made the move to finally start using it as my default messenger now that I could schedule... and realized SMS support has been shut down.

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  Cryptolinguist فلسطين حرة (@crypt0linguist) reported 20 minutes ago

  @tano11313 @YousephTanha @signalapp Yeah that's why there was this cool little lock and unlock icon to show you which messages are secure! Dropping SMS support is a terrible choice. More users will opt to the app their SMS using friends use rather than maintain 2 applications.

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  Thomas Gabrielsen (@DoRullings) reported 23 minutes ago

  I have used Signal > 10 years and support for SMS has been a very important feature as I've been able to use one app and easily check if the recipient is also using Signal. I didn't expect Signal to go down the lock-in route, but I was wrong. Goodbye @signalapp.

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  الشارقة 🇮🇷 (@aquatic_bin) reported 23 minutes ago

  @signalapp Terrible decision. Not needing multiple apps was a great feature, now I have no reason to recommend signal over any other secure messaging app.

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  Ricardo Marramaque (@Ralmslb) reported 23 minutes ago

  @signalapp If only you cared about all donators, only the bigger ones clearly are recognized, hence why I stopped. Also, for an open source project, you should learn to start listening to your users... For example, removing SMS support makes 0 sense and doesn't help in privacy.

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  aprathim भिड़े (@aprathimbhide69) reported 24 minutes ago

  @whatsabschalten @signalapp Well, signal is a better app for sure. Yes, theres Google message installed by default. But the service which signal was providing was fantastic and every user got used to it.I'm not telling that now it's bad. Well, it's good in its own terms.But,by removing this they lost users.

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  Kristin Whiteley (@causalitybrunch) reported 25 minutes ago

  @signalapp This seems targeted towards people creating larger groups….that’s why I ask. Small groups don’t need to create QR codes. Is Signal moving towards a social media function? Are you considering the privacy and security issues involved with a move like that?

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  aprathim भिड़े (@aprathimbhide69) reported 26 minutes ago

  @signalapp Don't you think fellas that signal lost its half users when they stopped supporting SMS services? Well, it was a cool service and i used to love it though. Honestly, had a great time with signal those days back! Now, back to Google SMS.

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  Kumo 𐤊 (@The_Mainlander) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Jeremybarnabois Aye. 👀 eUSD @mobilecoin @signalapp real world use case, problem solved. Real world value.

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  Captain K (@Captain01375443) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Ro__183 @signalapp I have the same issue and now that they are dropping SMS I'm going to have to drop signal

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  Sean Keller (@pleachchapel) reported 27 minutes ago

  @KodyKinzie @signalapp @session_app but same issue with sms fallback

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  Gavin (@lisander951) reported 27 minutes ago

  @signalapp is getting rid of SMS support for non Signal users. Anyone else have a recommendation on a privacy preserving messaging service? Shame @Signalapp.

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  Dutch Badlands (@post_calvinist) reported 33 minutes ago

  @whatsabschalten @signalapp If my signal messages were secure before, then there was no reason to remove SMS support. If they weren't secure then there are much larger issues. I'm not going to be an unpaid sales rep and beg everyone I know to switch. Therefore, I'm in two apps all day.

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  SATNIK⚡️🐍 (@satnik21) reported 43 minutes ago

  @signalapp I would really like to support your service with #Bitcoin is that possible?🧡

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  josé alberto (@JAVM94) reported 44 minutes ago

  @signalapp Fix the voice notes on the iPhone version, they sound low-quality.

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  Alexander Fedderly 📚 (@Alex_Fedderly) reported 52 minutes ago

  .@signalapp dropping SMS support has to be one of the dumbest decisions ever. The whole reason people use it is to replace their standard texting app with an encrypted service. There are already a million other messenger apps.

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  Jeffrey Kirby (@jeffreyrkirby) reported 54 minutes ago

  @signalapp Why not just turn off SMS by default? This solves many of the issues you raise concerning "accidental" SMS usage within your app. And I think some simple design changes could have been made to make it more obvious when messages were not sent securely. Bad decision!

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  Mahesh (@pmmemahesh) reported 56 minutes ago

  @signalapp Hi @signalapp I am unable to use the app since few weeks. Earlier I was unable to login in iPhone as unable to enter passcode and used to get forced out. After login, again app forced me to re login and now not able to login as data retrieving getting stuck again and again !

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  Danger Bay (@DangerBay1) reported 58 minutes ago

  @signalapp swipe down to filter is not a good feature, please stop. Swiping down is usually reserved for refreshing, reloading, not making all my messages go away.

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  John Correa (@JohnPCorrea) reported 59 minutes ago

  @signalapp #SIGNAL is making a mistake by dropping SMS. ITS CLEAR THAT SMS IN NOT SECURE, and it's a dying protocol. BUT it's a way to get friends and family to install (w help) SIGNAL and eventually start using the Private messages Would love to donate.

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  SPΞLLPRISM (@spellprism) reported 59 minutes ago

  @signalapp No need to remind about how to donate, just develop new useful features instead of eliminating them. People will donate when they are satisfied with the service.