# Windows Live Messenger outage reports and status

Canonical page: https://iszdown.com/now/msn-messenger

Status: Repeated website check failures

24-hour window (UTC): 2026-10-18T06:40:00.000Z to 2026-10-19T06:40:00.000Z

Recorded outage reports in this window: 0

Last successful estimated-activity check: No usable observation available

MSN Messenger, later rebranded as Windows Live Messenger, was a cross-platform instant-messaging client developed by Microsoft. It connected to the Microsoft Messenger service and, in later versions, was compatible with Yahoo! Messenger and Facebook Messenger. Versions were developed for Windows, Xbox 360, Mac OS X, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x, MSN TV, Zune HD, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile and Windows CE. The client was first released as MSN Messenger Service on July 22, 1999, and was marketed under the MSN brand until 2005, when it was rebranded under the Windows Live name. It has since been officially known by the latter name, although its first name remained in common use. In June 2009, Microsoft reported the service attracted over 330 million active users each month, placing it among the most widely used instant-messaging clients in the world.

## How to interpret this page

Estimated down reports are based on US Google Trends problem-intent searches. Values are relative activity from 0 to 100, not counts of submitted reports. The HTML chart averages samples into ten-minute intervals. Partial samples are excluded and missing samples are not invented.

Recorded outage reports and estimated activity are separate signals. Neither confirms that every user is affected. Missing or stale data does not establish that a service is working.

Methodology: https://iszdown.com/methodology

## Citation

Cite [Windows Live Messenger on Iszdown](https://iszdown.com/now/msn-messenger), include your access time and the observation time above, and qualify estimated activity as an estimate. Recheck before describing current status. Iszdown is independent of the monitored provider.

## Estimated activity samples

No usable Google Trends samples are available for this service in this window.

## Evidence and recovery

Repeated website check failures. Two recent website checks failed. App and API availability may differ.

No recent recovery can be established from available evidence.

## Website measurements

Successful sampled checks (24h): 0% (0/11). Restricted checks: 0. Median response: Unknown ms. P95 response: Unknown ms.

These are sampled public website checks from one US server, not continuous uptime or authenticated app/API tests. Missing data stays unknown.


## Related services

- [Windows Live Messenger](https://iszdown.com/now/msn-messenger)
- [Microsoft Windows](https://iszdown.com/now/windows)
- [Windows 10](https://iszdown.com/now/windows-10)