Respond.io incident

WhatsApp: Outbound Template With URL Button Failed to be Delivered

Resolved after 2 hours 20 minutes, affecting Messaging (Messaging), on July 9, 2026.

investigating Jul 09, 2026, 09:05 AM UTC

Our Engineering team has identified the root cause of the issue affecting WhatsApp template messages with static URL buttons. A recent system change introduced for an incompatibility with Meta's template requirements, causing affected template messages to fail delivery....

Started
Jul 09, 2026, 08:50 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 09, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC
Duration
2h 20m
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 09, 2026, 08:50 AM UTC

Affected components

Messaging (Messaging)

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  1. identified Jul 09, 2026, 08:50 AM UTC

    We are currently experiencing an issue affecting WhatsApp template messages. Outbound template messages with URL buttons may fail to be delivered due to the following Meta error: Meta Error #100: "Button at index 0 of type Url does not require parameters." <...

  2. investigating Jul 09, 2026, 09:05 AM UTC

    Our Engineering team has identified the root cause of the issue affecting WhatsApp template messages with static URL buttons. A recent system change introduced for an incompatibility with Meta's template requirements, causing affected template messages to fail delivery....

  3. resolved Jul 09, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC

    The incident has been resolved

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