On October 4, 2021, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all went dark for over 6 hours, affecting billions worldwide.
The outage wasn’t just a blip—it was a wake-up call:
Even the biggest platforms go down. Are you ready if yours does?
A faulty update to Facebook’s backbone network routers caused DNS disruptions
This sealed off Facebook’s internal systems — including monitoring, recovery tools, internal dashboards and even office access
The issue persisted for ~6 hours, with global knock-on effects across digital businesses and workflows
Internal monitoring died with the network — no visibility when your infra “transforms into a black box”
Even internal response teams couldn’t login or use tools
No fallback — everything was dead until the network was fixed
With Garmingo Status:
🚨 Externally located monitors across geos
🔔 Alerts to Slack, Email, Telegram, Discord, Webhooks
🌐 Optional public & private status pages
📉 Historical uptime + SLA dashboards
🧾 Exportable PDF reports for teams
🆓 Lifetime AppSumo deal (<$50) or free forever plan
👉 Secure your lifetime monitoring today
Facebook taught us: failure can be existential—even at scale.
Relying only on internal tools? That’s a risk you can’t (and shouldn’t) afford.
External monitoring and status pages are essential resilience infrastructure.
👉 Try Garmingo Status free or get lifetime access now:
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