New Delhi: Social networking platform Instagram on Monday said that it has fixed the issue that caused the outage due to which users were facing trouble accessing the platform.

The company tweeted from its @InstagramComms account: “Instagram is back! Sorry for the trouble – we had a brief outage earlier and resolved the issue that caused it.”

Instagram is back! Sorry for the trouble – we had a brief outage earlier and resolved the issue that caused it. #instagramdown

— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) May 22, 2023

On the online outage monitor website Downdetector, users started reporting the issue earlier on Tuesday morning , which peaked at more than 1.7 lakh.

“User reports indicate Instagram is having problems since 7:56 PM EDT. http://downdetector.com/status/instagram/ RT if you’re also having problems,” Downdetector tweeted

User reports indicate Instagram is having problems since 7:56 PM EDT. https://t.co/lXKoHvktSg RT if you’re also having problems #Instagramdown
— Downdetector (@downdetector) May 21, 2023

According to Downdetector, 9 percent while using the website, and 4 percent while logging in.