Instagram goes down for a minute and people can't handle it

We've reached out to see what the problem is.
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UPDATE 1:38 p.m. ET: A spokesperson from Instagram said that the service was briefly down, but it is now working again.

If you're getting that frustrating "Couldn't Refresh Feed" pop-up on your Instagram feed right now, you're not alone.

More than 1,000 people have reported on Down Detector that the site and its app were not working between noon and 1:30 ET on Tuesday.


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If you try to go to the social network's desktop site, you'll be greeted with a screen displaying a 5xx Server Error.

People naturally went straight to Twitter to share their grief.

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