App users began reporting on Twitter early Friday that they were unable to open Spotify and other sites.
Facebook has resolved the issue that triggered crashes for apps including Spotify and Pinterest
Popular smartphone apps including Spotify and Pinterest suffered outages Friday for a few hours due to a bug in Facebook's systems.
Facebook has resolved the problem, a spokesperson said.
"Earlier today, a code change triggered crashes for some iOS apps using the Facebook SDK," or software development kit, the spokesperson said.
"We identified the issue quickly and resolved it. We apologise for any inconvenience."
App users began reporting on Twitter early Friday that they were unable to open Spotify and other sites.
Downdetector, which monitors for internet problems in real time, showed a rise in problems for a number of applications, including Spotify, Pinterest, Waze, and The New York Times.
It reported a major spike in problems around 10:30am GMT (4pm IST), and a decline in user issues at around 1pm GMT (6:30pm IST).
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