Instagram and WhatsApp experienced service disruptions in Portugal beginning around 10:30 PM local time. The website Downdetector registered approximately 3,900 user complaints regarding Instagram specifically. The nature of the failures was not immediately specified, but users reported issues accessing both platforms. These outages impacted users across Portugal, causing connectivity problems and preventing normal use of the applications. As of this reporting, the duration of the disruption and the cause remain unknown. Neither Meta, the parent company of Instagram and WhatsApp, nor local telecommunications providers have yet issued official statements addressing the situation.