Instagram experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday, October 29, affecting thousands of users globally. The outage primarily impacted the ability to send and receive direct messages, causing frustration among users. Downdetector.com, an outage tracking website, recorded over 1,500 reports of the issue, highlighting the scale of the disruption. While the exact cause of the outage is yet to be determined, users took to platform X (formerly Twitter) to share their experiences, highlighting the reliance on Instagram for communication and entertainment.