10 Apr 2013
No iMessage or FaceTime for 5 hours
iMessage is an instant messenger service developed by Apple Inc. for iOS and OS X Mountain Lion. The iMessage protocol is based on Apple push notifications (APNS). FaceTime is a videotelephony software application and related protocol developed by Apple Inc.
Both dependent of a Keep-Alive connection with the Apple servers.
On April 09, 2013 9:11 PM UTC+1, Apple users were unable to place FaceTime calls and use iMessage until the April 10, 2013 2:20 AM UTC+1
No explanation was given by Apple about the outage.
(source)
|
Date |
Service |
Duration |
Critical Data Lost |
| 2013-04-09 | Apple iMessage | 5 hours | no |
| 2013-04-09 | Apple FaceTime | 5 hours | no |