Telegram faces a worldwide outage: How is it affecting users

Telegram has been down in India for some time now and users have reported multiple issues with the instant messaging platform, According to Downdetector data users across the country reported facing an outage including cities like -- Delhi, Mumbai Kolkata, Nagpur, Patna, Lucknow and more. The outage detector site claimed that 49% of users reported problems with sending messages on the WhatsApp rival.

Meanwhile, 31% complained about the app not working and another 21% of users claimed that they can’t log into the cross-platform mobile messaging app for iPhones , Android smartphones and tablets.

This platform allows users to send and receive messages, photos, secure conversations and other information and is considered an alternative to text messages or SMS.

Several users also took to social media site X (earlier Twitter) to share memes about the messaging app being down. Here are some of the posts:

Another report by Bleeping Computer claimed that Telegram users are seeing a "Connecting" alert when they try to open messages, groups, or channels on the app’s desktop client.

The "Connecting" alert, typically used during slow internet connections, prevents users from accessing the messages. According to reports, this outage has affected users in other parts of the world as well, this includes regions in Asia and parts of Europe.

Telegram has yet to share an official statement about this outage. The company is expected to confirm if this is a planned maintenance activity or if their servers are down.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.