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by moinnadeem 1924 days ago
Instagram is down for me (located in the midwest). Reports "5xx server error"
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neom 1924 days ago
Curious if anyone knows why they would use xx instead of the number?
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cratermoon 1924 days ago
The HTTP response says 503, so the text is just generic for any 5xx error.
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neom 1924 days ago
How do you know the HTTP response was 503? (sorry for the silly questions, I'm not a software engineer)
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cratermoon 1924 days ago
I looked at the headers returned from the server using developer tools. 503 is "Service Unavailable" and you often see it when a proxy can't reach the backend server.
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AugurCognito 1924 days ago
Whatsapp is reporting same error here(India) https://web.whatsapp.com/status.json
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whimsicalism 1924 days ago
But not FB blue, interestingly enough for me.
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