#InstagramDown: Photo-sharing app shows error to some users, starts working after an hour of outage

NEW DELHI: Instagram came back online after going down for over an hour early Friday morning. Users from all across the world reported that they could not access Facebook’s photo-sharing service via its app and website.

Instagram acknowledged the outage on microblogging site Twitter. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing their Instagram accounts. We’re working quickly to fix the issue,” a tweet from Instagram’s official handle read.

Some users reported that they were not able to access Instagram at all, some reported that the platform was not loading feeds, while others could not make any searches. At times, Instagram’s website simply displayed a “5xx server error” message.