Facebook Messenger Bug: Years Old Messages of Ex Relationships Coming Back to Haunt People 

If you are an old user of Facebook, Get ready to have a fight with your wife. A Facebook Messenger Bug is sending years old messages back to users. The old messages appear to be the new one however when one opens it, realizes that it is an old message deleted long ago. This is quite haunting! imagine you sitting with your spouse when a message of your ex accidentally appears. This Facebook Messenger bug is quite ridiculous and messing up many relationships.

Facebook Messenger Bug Rekindles Old Flames & Messes up Relationships

This news was broke out by Facebook users in multiple tweets where they confirmed that they all are getting years old messages back on messenger. Later Facebook revealed that they already know about this messenger bug, they are working on it and will get it fixed as soon as possible.

While telling about this, Facebook said in a statement:

 “Some people are seeing older messages on Facebook.com. We are aware of the issue and are actively working to resolve it in as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

With a bad news, there is also good news that is not everyone is affected by this bug but it is quite embarrassing to suddenly see some of your old messages reappear out of nowhere. Plus there are some who would rather certain conversations not resurface, such as conversations with a former partner, or friend or family member that might have passed away.

Here’s How People Reacted to this Facebook Messenger Bug:

I am not sure what is happening with Facebook and old messages popping up as new ones, but it gets really ridiculous being confronted with some of the chats from couple of years ago.

— Ilija 🍂 (@ilijajerkovic) November 26, 2018

Old Facebook messages popping up from years ago. Temporary security scare turned cringefest.

— Leslie Waghorn (@lawaghorn) November 26, 2018

Now, this is sad:

Thank you @facebook for sending me notifications of messages sent over a year old. Many were from the day my partner, Dean, passed away & now I’ve spent my evening in fear of what else I’m going to see.

— Adam (@adamadzp) November 26, 2018

Now Facebook has told verge, that this issue, caused by software updates, has been fully resolved.

Facebook Launches Bug Bounty Program to Reward those who Report Bugs in Third-Party Apps. Now the people can report the vulnerabilities in third-party apps and websites that involve improper exposure of Facebook user access tokens. As a return, Facebook will reward them with cash prizes.

Are you also a victim of Facebook Messenger Bug? Let us know in the comments below!