Facebook 401 Error, Facebook.com Offline

Facebook 401 Error

The authentication popup window asks for a username and password and offers the clue of “A username and password are being requested by http://www.facebook.com. The site says: “TIPS2 PROD Cache Layer”" Clicking on Ok does not get rid of the error popup and clicking on cancel does not allow the Facebook.com website to load although other websites will .load just not the facebook.com friend’s recommendation update info box.

This is an error eerily similar to a Twitter bug a couple of weeks ago when Twitter changed the way authentication was made to account information.

Not sure when this trouble will go away but it’s been an hour or more so far tonight.

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** Update: the authorization issue has been reported on dozens of other websites that use facebook.com update info boxes, so this may be a very widespread issue affecting one can only guess how many people across the internet, possibly more than the 500 million members that Facebook boasts.

Facebook error shows up on CNN.com pages

Facebook error shows up on PerezHilton.com pages

** Update: I’ve been watching several sites and facebook.com for more than two hours since this item was first posted and the issue seems to have been solved, or at least curtailed, and facebook.com is online again.

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