What to know about Reels
Reels is an Instagram feature that lets users record videos up to 90 seconds long that are set to audio.
They can then be shared on the platform with the idea that they may go viral as the clips will reside in a space within the Explore tab called the Stage.
Voice message issues
Users are saying that sending voice messages is proving to be a task since Instagram has been down.
Users share issues they are experiencing
Instagram users have flocked to Downdetector to share the problems they are having with the app.
One person wrote: “My whole feeds were blank when I first logged in, and an error message stating that a challenge was necessary was displayed on the left button of the screen.
“After some time, I attempted to get back in, but it said I had been logged out and that there was nothing I could do because the code they claimed to have provided never arrived.”
Another wrote: “Was Unable to log into the app or Web.”
Users complain about X
Users are taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, to complain that their dms aren’t loading on the app.
Getting rid of Instagram’s ‘try again later’
“Try again later” appears when Instagram app monitors feel a user is doing something improper or has attempted to conduct an action too rapidly. It can happen during a power outage.
It’s one of Instagram’s preventative practices, and it serves to keep people from spamming other users’ postings. It also keeps bots away from the site.
The ‘try again later’ warning may also appear if a user repeatedly comments on the same profile, or if many people report the same profile.
In certain circumstances, the message is caused by an error or a widespread outage.
Heat outage map
Below is the heat outage map of North America where Instagram users are experiencing the most issues.
