Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were back in action onThursday morning after affecting millions of users across its platformsglobally, including in India. Some users, however, still reported failedmessaging and image download issues.Users in India had night-long problems withsending photos, videos and voice messages on WhatsApp. Only the text messageswere being shared on the mobile messaging service. Similar problems were facedon Facebook and Instagram.According to Down Detector.com, the problems impactedusers across the globe.

Facebook on Thursday posted on Twitter that the issues havealmost been resolved.

 “Earlier today, somepeople and businesses experienced trouble uploading or sending images, videosand other files on our apps and platforms. The issue has since been resolvedand we should be back at 100 per cent for everyone. We’re sorry for anyinconvenience,” said the Menlo Park (California)—headquartered company whichhas over 2.38 billion users globally.Facebook users were reporting thatuploaded images were visible again, though there were continued reports ofmessaging and image problems with WhatsApp and Instagram.

Hashtags and hashtag pages were still not functioning,according to posts by some users, reports CNET. Instagram indicated on Twitterthat the main problem was resolved.

“We’re back! The issue has been resolved and we should beback at 100 per cent for everyone. We’re sorry for any inconvenience,”Instagram posted on Twitter.

A Facebook spokesperson was quoted as saying that thecompany “triggered an issue” during routine maintenance, which made itdifficult for some people to send or upload photos and videos.

In March, Facebook experienced the biggest outage in itshistory impacting millions of users worldwide owing to a “server configurationchange”.