WhatsApp error 131016
Error 131016: Service temporarily unavailable
Error 131016 means part of Meta’s service was briefly unavailable when you sent. Nothing is wrong with your message or your account. Check Meta’s WhatsApp Business Platform status page and send again once it is back.
- Meta’s description
- “A service is temporarily unavailable.” Meta’s error codes, 5 October 2026
- Charged by Meta?
- No. Meta charges only for delivered messages, and this one was not delivered.
Common causes
- A short outage or overload on Meta’s side.
How to fix it
- Check the WhatsApp Business Platform status page before retrying.
- Retry after a short wait, not in a tight loop.
What Fliok does about it
- Fliok treats 131016 as temporary and retries the send automatically, up to five attempts with growing gaps.
Meta sets and changes these codes. If anything here disagrees with Meta’s current reference, Meta is right.
No. It is on Meta’s side. Send again once the service is back.
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