Agents/press release/2026-11-01

Instinct AI agent experienced WhatsApp service outage due to billing issues, now restored

Instinct, an AI agent, experienced a service outage on WhatsApp, leading to user speculation that Meta had blocked it. The company's founder clarified that the disruption was due to a billing issue with WhatsApp's API, which caused the AI agent to fail in responding to users. Instinct has since confirmed that its service has been restored.

3 articles from 3 outlets covered this story. The underlying claim is sourced from a press release.

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3 outlets covered “Instinct AI agent experienced WhatsApp service outage due to billing issues, now restored”. All of them report the following:

  • Instinct's AI agent experienced a service outage on WhatsApp
  • The outage was due to technical/billing issues
  • The service has been restored

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