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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.

Signal Outage Chart 02/21/2026 09:45

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Messaging (47%)

    Messaging (47%)

  2. Connection (28%)

    Connection (28%)

  3. Sign in (8%)

    Sign in (8%)

  4. App Crashing (7%)

    App Crashing (7%)

  5. Glitches (5%)

    Glitches (5%)

  6. Multimedia (3%)

    Multimedia (3%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesIndianapolis Messaging
United KingdomOxford Multimedia
United KingdomHounslow Messaging
FranceToulouse Connection
EcuadorGuayaquil Sign in
CanadaVictoria Video
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Signal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ssechaud1982 Stéphane Séchaud (@ssechaud1982) reported

    @yuroGuro @yashalevine @signalapp I understand assuming that state intelligence capabilities are pervasive & all powerful. But digital security is an engineering problem for both software & hardware. It's not impossible, or easy. At the end of the day if you're really a threat it's cheaper & easier to poison you.

  • idanbianco Idan Bianco (@idanbianco) reported

    @jamesd3rd @wiredfire @signalapp And also the path with your fingers is off. Pressing the plus button in the middle than searching down for gif and then climbing all the way to the top for searching a gif and hoping it will eventually show them.agreed. not a deal breaker simply bad UX.

  • hugomarinho Hugo (@hugomarinho) reported

    @signalapp For everyone complaining, you have 2 options: donate to help the excellent work @signalapp is doing and be patient or ******* shut up... Your stupid comments just show your ignorance about the technology.

  • fenavente Adrián Benavente (@fenavente) reported

    Hey @signalapp I don't see any of my contacts in the desktop app, and it shows an error when trying to import 'em manually, something like "contacts could not be imported, check your phone is connected to the internet". What happens?

  • whatsabschalten 🇩🇪 WhatsAbschalten #TeamSignal (@whatsabschalten) reported

    @civilenginerrrr @signalapp What kind of problems do you have?

  • xLODARx Nick L. (@xLODARx) reported

    @signalapp Still down for me... people receiving bad encrypted message from me.. any ETA??

  • Tejas_Auro O Supreme Leader (@Tejas_Auro) reported

    @FactsRhony @InstaKnighttt There is not an iota of malice or anger in my tweet to @signalapp and I was coming from a good place telling that I believe that they will come out of this high volume problems successfully... I am not sure why you starting venting out on me.... but its cool

  • MalikAyoub20 Malik Ayoub (@MalikAyoub20) reported

    @signalapp When are you going to fix the problem

  • whatsabschalten 🇩🇪 WhatsAbschalten #TeamSignal (@whatsabschalten) reported

    @belshalat_a @signalapp What kind of problems do you have?

  • abhijitutpat Abhijit Utpat (@abhijitutpat) reported

    @signalapp @elonmusk kindly help monetarily or any infra help needed by @signalapp whatever that can help them scale.

  • Ams_11111 Ams (@Ams_11111) reported

    @signalapp When exactly will the problem be resolved?

  • SajidMhmod Sajid Mahmood (@SajidMhmod) reported

    @LemurZA @MohsenIrani12 @signalapp True — I remember it going down for half a day in early days. Went down for few hours when FB took over.

  • taseenb taseenb (@taseenb) reported

    @yashalevine @signalapp FYI you can send screenshots, copy text, send it anywhere, do whatever you want on a properly compromised device. Encryption won’t help you with that because the vulnerability used would give the attacker access to decrypted content

  • whatsabschalten 🇩🇪 WhatsAbschalten #TeamSignal (@whatsabschalten) reported

    @PurpleRiver_Dev @signalapp Are you still having problems?

  • SiouxSeth G-Love (@SiouxSeth) reported

    @signalapp It wasn't down too long for me... Well handled @signalapp team!

  • mihe_zivi Michael (@mihe_zivi) reported

    @signalapp any update in these issues?

  • ducit_ai Ducit.ai (@ducit_ai) reported

    @signalapp Still down in the UK. Any ETA for resolution? I moved quite a few groups across from WhatsApp and I’m now risking a mutiny! I still like you guys anyway...

  • syskee user (@syskee) reported

    @signalapp Please update us on the current status. Some of my friends are receiving messages, and it's been more than 24 hours since the servers went down.

  • MadatoMania MadatoMania (@MadatoMania) reported

    @signalapp Guys. The outage is understandable. But the lack of communication is unacceptable. What’s going on? How much longer? What happened? What’s your plan?

  • virtuallyou2 Virtuallyou (@virtuallyou2) reported

    @signalapp Elon should have helped them to upgrade servers prior to his tweet. I have used this app for years and love it. Mine has now been down for 24 hours. He should have known what an impact his tweet would have on the app infrastructure. Kinda a jerk move really.

  • blitzclone Julian Stecklina (@blitzclone) reported

    As much as I love @signalapp for IM, I also love that @element_hq runs a @matrixdotorg server for me. No hassle, no availability problems, still strong end-to-end encryption. Might be an option for communities that don't want to share phone numbers. #matrix #privacy

  • paulrnash Paul R. Nash (@paulrnash) reported

    @milo4007 @signalapp How do you think the bigger players got big? Remember when Twitter went down so much it was the butt of every joke?

  • jonatasmiguel Jonatas Miguel (@jonatasmiguel) reported

    @signalapp Ahoy! I have someone (say Mr. T) in my contacts that's having trouble with the app. A number of people in our group chat are seeing "Bad encrypted message" periodically coming from T, meanwhile the rest of us are successfully chatting on the app. Any idea what's up?

  • Harikri04612214 HARIKRISHNAN J (@Harikri04612214) reported

    @signalapp Whatever happens with this app, until you show the best service to us... We will wait till the item arrives... #switchsignal

  • 0skumar Saurabh Kumar (@0skumar) reported

    @signalapp Still facing issues while sending messages. Not all messages are delivered properly 😞😞.

  • najimhq Najim Hoque (@najimhq) reported

    @signalapp How much time it will take to fix the issue !? Any updates !?? #Signal

  • rafagana Rafael Garcia-Navarro (@rafagana) reported

    @signalapp Still down in the UK. Any ETA for resolution? I moved quite a few groups across from WhatsApp and I’m now risking a mutiny! I still like you guys anyway...

  • kamalesh_pathy Kamalesh Pathy V. A (@kamalesh_pathy) reported

    @signalapp I'm trying to update my profile picture with a high res pic but the app keeps crashing, hope you fix that too, by the way I'm happy you are facing this issue.

  • MoEltaher Mohammad (@MoEltaher) reported

    While @signalapp has been down on smartphones, the desktop version still works.

  • Chauhanraj3019 Chauhan Raj (@Chauhanraj3019) reported

    @signalapp I am still getting that Redbar error. How long it will take to fix it ??????