Is Snapchat DOWN? ‘Refresh error’ sends users into a frenzy

Is Snapchat down for you? ‘Refresh error’ leaves users unable to send photos and messages

  • On Friday, Snapchat users attempted to login only to find that the app was down
  • The app appeared to be down in the US and UK, as well as some parts of India
  • Users reported having issues refreshing the app, sending snaps and logging in

Snapchat users were in a frenzy after many attempted to login only to find that the app was down.

The popular social media app was down in the US, UK and some other areas. 

Users took to Twitter to express their grief about the issue, which gave users a bizarre error message every time they tried to refresh the iOS or Android app. 

Snapchat’s support account confirmed there was an error in the app and said it was ‘working on it.’  

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‘We’re aware that some Snapchatters are having trouble refreshing within in the app,’ Snapchat Support tweeted.

‘Hang tight – we’re working on a fix!’

According to Down Detector, users began reporting the issue just after 11 a.m. (ET) today.


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A live outage map showed hotspots in the northeastern and western regions of the US, as well as some parts of Europe, including Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark and France

A live outage map showed hotspots in the northeastern and western regions of the US, as well as some parts of the UK and Europe, including Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark and France. 

Parts of South America, the Middle East and India were also hit.  

Users reported having issues logging into the app and refreshing the service, as well as sending messages and photos.

According to Down Detector , users began reporting the issue just after 11 a.m. (ET) today. Users reported having issues logging into the app and refreshing the service

Refreshing the iOS app generates an error that reads ‘Could not refresh. Please try again.’ Down Detector said the most common issue was ‘receiving snaps’ or refreshing the app

For example, refreshing the iOS app generated an error that reads: ‘Could not refresh. Please try again.’ 

Down Detector noted that the most common issue users were facing was ‘receiving snaps’ or refreshing the app. 

Other issues reported by users said the app wouldn’t log in or connect to the server, while others said they couldn’t send snaps.    

Before noon, about 527 user reports had been made on Down Detector saying there was some sort of outage on the app. 

Many users check in on Twitter to see if the problem was affecting others.  

Twitter user @Colbz7 said: ‘So first YouTube went down last week, now it appears that is down for the majority of people… Where do we go to check when Twitter inevitably goes down next week?’

User @GirlLikeChar said: ‘@snapchatsupport Is Snapchat down? Keep getting “Could not refresh. Please try again.” message.’

MailOnline has reached out to Snapchat for comment.    

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