I'm unable to send messages as the system returns code 131042
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"code":131042,"title":"Business eligibility payment issue","message":"Business eligibility payment issue"

We're a company from Brazil and the Bussines Hub doesn't have any field that's left blank. The first failed return was at 2026-03-26 06:02:26 (UTC -3) followed by an email request to correct a problem in account config. The link sends to the Account Hub we're I checked all the info and even made a manual payment that went through without problems.

Everson
Asked about 2 months ago
Willian

Same problem here.

March 26 at 4:38 AM
Danilo

Same problem here.

March 26 at 4:56 AM
Dev

Same problem here

March 26 at 5:50 AM
Breno

Same here

March 26 at 6:32 AM
Ryan Gabriel

Same problem here

March 26 at 7:25 AM
Marcell

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:25 AM
Henrique

Same problem here. In Brazil

March 26 at 7:53 AM
Santana

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:58 AM
Blueboxes

Are any BSPs or Tech Providers seeing the same behavior today?

March 26 at 8:09 AM
Thiago

Same problem here

March 26 at 8:14 AM
Fábio

Same problem here

March 26 at 8:27 AM
Edison

Same problem here

March 26 at 8:49 AM
Gabriel

Same problem here

March 26 at 9:08 AM
Fábio

To continue our conversation today, you contacted us regarding a business eligibility payment issue that was preventing you from submitting templates, even with the correct settings. We've identified that the platform is experiencing inconsistencies due to updates to this feature, and the team is already aware of and working on it. In the meantime, you can contact the WhatsApp team directly for further support, and we've also provided their contact information.

They said it will be resolved within 48 hours :(

March 26 at 9:52 AM
Rômulo C

Same problem here.

March 26 at 9:54 AM
Marcelo

Same here

March 26 at 9:54 AM
Dev

In the account details, when using the old view, you may see the following error:

Faltam informações fiscais Você precisará adicionar informações tributárias à sua conta para enviar mensagens

However, there is no option to add or change this tax information.

March 26 at 10:15 AM
Aline

same problem here.

March 26 at 10:49 AM
Vinicius

same here

March 26 at 11:00 AM
Caio

same problem here!

March 26 at 11:00 AM
Joel

Same problem here with 2 diferents accounts.

March 26 at 11:04 AM
Ivan

Same problem! Direct support (AI) doesn't resolve the issue or transfer the call. I managed to open a ticket through the payment manager, but there's a projected 13-hour wait time for a human agent to join the chat.

March 26 at 11:21 AM
Julio

Same problem here in Brazil

March 26 at 11:41 AM
Victor

Same Problem, Brazil anyone got a fix ?

March 26 at 11:47 AM
Jefferson

Brazil too

March 26 at 12:03 PM
Daniel

From status page:

"We are currently experiencing low disruptions impacting sending messages on Whatsapp Cloud API. Our engineering teams have identified the potential issue and deploying a fix (ETA 6PM PST). We will provide another update within 4 hour or sooner if additional information is available."

March 26 at 12:21 PM
Jefferson

Guys, look for an email that Meta sent. That email will have a button to correct the problem and update the company information in the payment section.

Another possibility is to delete the payment method and add it again.

March 26 at 12:31 PM
Filipe

Did it work for anyone changing the payment method? Deleting and adding new cards? Tried some times and did not solve.

March 26 at 12:45 PM
Marcelo

Same error, Brazil based.

March 26 at 1:36 PM
Luciano

Same problem here

March 26 at 1:38 PM
Marcelo

Same problem here

March 26 at 1:40 PM
Felipe

Same problem here. Meta announced it is already aware of the problem at https://metastatus.com/whatsapp-business-api

March 26 at 1:58 PM
Paulo Rogério

I created a new payment method and it is working again. I just don't know for how long.

March 26 at 3:11 PM
Selected Answer
4

Resolved icon Resolved Mar [...]:16 PM GMT-3

We have recovered from an earlier outage impacting Cloud API, and services have now been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

March 26 at 6:57 PM
Everson
Selected Answer
1

Atill same problem here

March 27 at 4:41 AM
Alex
1

C'man! Is there a way that actually works to report this bug to Meta? It's unbelievable that none of them answer!

March 31 at 10:01 AM
Medios
1

Has anyone managed to resolve this or received any support?

April 1 at 3:49 AM
Murilo
1

I have also same problem.

Steps already taken:

Added a valid payment method Verified that there are no outstanding dues Confirmed that the business account is verified Ensured that message templates are approved

April 9 at 2:40 AM
Jitendra
1

This also happens here, but only on one specific platform; other platforms with the same payment method are also operational.

April 14 at 8:53 AM
Diego
2

Help Meta

March 26 at 11:06 AM
Elan
2

Same problem

March 26 at 11:09 AM
Rainer
2

I think i got a temporary solution.

In the business information section you have to change the country to United States of America and add a US Adress.

The templates started working for me after this.

March 26 at 11:13 AM
Juliana Oliveira
João Vitor

I was not able to do that, because the payment method is already defined, so the field is disabled.

March 26 at 11:17 AM
Fernando

Unfortunately, once the company has been verified, it is no longer possible to change the address information.

March 26 at 12:59 PM
Medios

Same! I cant change anything because the company has already been defined.

March 27 at 3:55 PM
2

Same problem here

March 26 at 11:14 AM
Desenvolvimento
2

SAME HEREEEEE

March 26 at 11:15 AM
João Vitor
2

Same problem here

March 26 at 11:34 AM
Alysson
2

Same problem here.

March 26 at 11:45 AM
Lucas
2

Same problem here.

March 26 at 11:51 AM
Andressa
2

same problem here

March 26 at 11:55 AM
Sérgio
2

Same problem

March 26 at 12:09 PM
Leandro
2

Same problem in São Paulo - SP - Brazil. All accounts with agents are showing the same error. All payment settings have been checked. We even made payments that were processed, and nothing changed.

March 26 at 12:24 PM
Mkt Instituto
2

same problem here

March 26 at 12:24 PM
Alan
2

same here

March 26 at 12:30 PM
Pietro
2

Guys, look for an email that Meta sent. That email will have a button to correct the problem and update the company information in the payment section.

Another possibility is to delete the payment method and add it again.

March 26 at 12:31 PM
Jefferson
Victor

which email ? wtf

March 26 at 12:36 PM
Edison

I believe the problem lies in not being able to change the currency and country, as it requires providing the company's CNPJ (Brazilian tax ID), but this cannot be done even after adding a new payment method.

March 26 at 12:46 PM
Fernando

That doesn't solve the problem, I've already tried that.

March 26 at 12:50 PM
Filipe

Did it work for anyone changing the payment method? Deleting and adding new cards? Tried some times and did not solve.

March 26 at 12:50 PM
Leandro

Unfortunately it doesn't work and I haven't received any emails;

March 26 at 1:22 PM
2

Same problem here.

March 26 at 12:33 PM
Alexandre
2

Same problem

March 26 at 12:45 PM
Lucyann
2

Same problem here.

March 26 at 12:48 PM
José
2

Me too!

March 26 at 1:24 PM
Ricardo
2

https://metastatus.com/whatsapp-business-api

We are currently experiencing low disruptions impacting sending messages on Whatsapp Cloud API. Our engineering teams have identified the potential issue and deploying a fix (ETA 6PM PST). We will provide another update within 4 hour or sooner if additional information is available.

March 26 at 1:29 PM
Leandro
Leandro

VOLTOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

March 26 at 2:59 PM
2

GLORIAAAA>> GLORIAAAA>>>> GLORIAAAAA

March 26 at 3:38 PM
Diego
Medios

What happened?

March 31 at 10:02 AM
2

Atill same problem here

March 27 at 3:31 AM
Jose Ruy
1

The issue is happening for me today. I can only hope Meta is working on it and will fix it soon

April 20 at 4:36 PM
Remy
3

Hi, I'm having trouble sending messages; they're all failing to send.

March 26 at 11:27 AM
Jonas
3

Same problem here.

March 26 at 11:28 AM
Filipe
3

Brazil too

March 26 at 12:02 PM
Jefferson
3

Same problem here.

March 26 at 1:02 PM
Fabiano
3

In conversation with a partner BSP, they received feedback from Meta that the expected normalization is starting at 11 PM. This information was not received directly from Meta, but from a partner company; I cannot confirm that the information is correct.

March 26 at 1:50 PM
Fernando
3

Take it where it didn't deliver any Conversation Start Template message, this Status is very wrong, the status should be red.

March 26 at 2:01 PM
Luciano
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:42 AM
Adison
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:45 AM
Rodrigo
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:46 AM
Rodrigo
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:52 AM
Éverton
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:54 AM
Henrique
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:57 AM
Webbsys
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:59 AM
Igor
4

Same problem here

March 26 at 8:02 AM
Fábio
4

same problem here

March 26 at 8:08 AM
Wilson
4

Same problem here * ___ *

March 26 at 8:10 AM
Cassiano
4

Same problem here

March 26 at 8:13 AM
Thiago
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 8:21 AM
Robson
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 8:25 AM
Pedro
4

same problem here

March 26 at 8:37 AM
Katia
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 8:42 AM
João
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 8:49 AM
Emily
4

Same problem here.

March 26 at 9:11 AM
Joao
4

Exact same problem here...

March 26 at 9:12 AM
Dakauann
4

Same Problem here

March 26 at 9:29 AM
Madalozzo
4

Same here

March 26 at 9:31 AM
Rayan
4

Same here

March 26 at 9:36 AM
Sibanir
4

Same Here!

March 26 at 9:54 AM
Diego
4

same problem

March 26 at 10:08 AM
Wagner
4

Same problem

March 26 at 10:15 AM
Weslley
4

Same problem..

In the account details, when using the old view, the following error may appear:

Missing tax information. You will need to add tax information to your account to send messages. Address. No address.

However, there is no option to add or change this tax information.

March 26 at 10:19 AM
Dev
IslandTour

That's right, the only option is to change the address, and it's correct here; there's nothing to correct in the address.

March 26 at 10:30 AM
4

Same problem

March 26 at 10:20 AM
Midias
3

Any news from META, or the usual silence?

March 26 at 11:00 AM
Pedro
4

Their "support ticket system" s**ks a big fat one. We are paying to use this Official API crap since they are pushing this on everyone throat and there's no support whatsoever, just this community forum. What a bad joke meta is!

March 26 at 11:50 AM
Tiago Oliveira
3

It's back, folks. The payment method notification disappeared.

March 26 at 2:52 PM
Breno
4

VOLTOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

March 26 at 3:13 PM
Guilherme
5

Same problem here

March 26 at 7:29 AM
Rubens
5

Same problem here! Help!

March 26 at 7:31 AM
Thiago
5

Same problem here. Already reached for Direct Support with no response.

March 26 at 7:42 AM
Carolina
5

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:45 AM
Giovane
5

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:55 AM
Bruno
5

Same problem here

March 26 at 9:02 AM
Junior
5

Meta AI's garbage only responds with this:

Unfortunately, we are unable to address your problem directly through our current support channels. However, we highly recommend creating a post in our Developer Community Forum. This platform is a valuable resource where you can connect with other developers and experts who may have encountered similar issues. You can access the forum here: https://developers.facebook.com/community/

We appreciate your understanding and patience in this matter.

Meta AI Agent

March 26 at 9:12 AM
IslandTour
Tiago Oliveira

Their "support ticket system" s**ks a big fat one. We are paying to use this Official API crap since they are pushing this on everyone throat and there's no support whatsoever, just this community forum. What a bad joke meta is!

March 26 at 11:49 AM
5

A big company like meta should have a better human support, this ai solves nothing and its incredbly hard to contact a human support agent, if anyone has any responses from the support we are willing to communicate and understand, we made a successfull manual payment, and it was successfull, but when trying to send a message via their graph api, it says business payment has some errors...

March 26 at 9:16 AM
Dakauann
5

Same problem here.

March 26 at 9:42 AM
Saulo
5

Same problem here.

March 26 at 9:43 AM
Zelo
5

same problem here.

March 26 at 10:39 AM
Daniel
Aline

same problem here.

March 26 at 10:48 AM
Rainer

I have the same problem

March 26 at 11:10 AM
5

Good afternoon everyone.

I managed to contact Meta support.

They informed me that there is a massive outage that is being addressed.

They asked me to open an individual ticket for each account that is experiencing the outage so that it can be analyzed and answered individually.

I'm glad if this information is useful to someone.

Have a great day everyone.

March 26 at 10:59 AM
Fernando
Everson

The tickets get auto closed by meta ai agent.

Hi Everson Santos Araujo,

Unfortunately, we are unable to address your problem directly through our current support channels. However, we highly recommend creating a post in our Developer Community Forum. This platform is a valuable resource where you can connect with other developers and experts who may have encountered similar issues. You can access the forum here: https://developers.facebook.com/community/

We appreciate your understanding and patience in this matter.

Meta AI Agent

March 26 at 11:51 AM
6

Same issue ... but in my case it returns "message_status":"accepted" when sending templates, but they aren't being delivred .... all account were affected.

March 26 at 7:27 AM
Rafael
Rony Augusto

The same problem here... for us it shows that a payment method has not been defined.

March 26 at 7:29 AM
Rafael

We hasnt any issue with payment, but looks like it back to work, a bit strange cuz some template still not being deliverd.

March 26 at 7:41 AM
Rafael

Meta should remove this status page ... they only show the issue after it get fixed ... lol.

March 26 at 7:42 AM
Leandro

The same thing is happening here; it seems to have affected Brazil and some accounts, apparently.

It only sends the templates to users who are within the 24-hour window; after that window, they don't receive them.

Their Status page is useless :-(

March 26 at 12:20 PM
6

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:32 AM
Daniel
7

Same problem here

March 26 at 6:40 AM
Mauricio
7

Same Problem here

March 26 at 7:08 AM
Dunice
6

Same problem here. It feels like we have to humiliate ourselves before Meta, as if they’re doing us a favor, even while charging us a lot. They want us to use the official API, yet they do not even provide basic stability, leaving thousands of customers with their services disrupted. Support? It does not exist!

March 26 at 8:59 AM
Rodrigo
8

Same problem here.

March 26 at 6:18 AM
Emanuel
8

same probleme here

March 26 at 6:34 AM
Sjnettelecom
8

Same problem here.

March 26 at 7:17 AM
Matheus
9

We're tech providers and getting the same error for all our clients.

March 26 at 7:22 AM
Daniel
Danilo

Same. I suspect this issue is specific to tech providers.

March 26 at 7:26 AM
Dakauann

same, think its related to tech providers indeed, doesnt make sense

March 26 at 10:17 AM
7

Same issue here!

MetaAI at the business support page claims that everything in my account is ok, informations are all filled up correctly and no debts but I'm still getting this persistent error.

Since this is the thread getting most replies in the community, I've posted this link on a few of thoso others threads so we can interact with only on. I'm hoping this attracts Meta's attention faster.

Really seems like a bug.

March 26 at 8:25 AM
Lucas
Lucas

The first occurrence iof this error in my account was yesterday at approximately 23:00 (GMT-3).

March 26 at 8:51 AM
10

Same thing here. The status page should be truthful.

March 26 at 5:29 AM
Gabriel
10

Facing the same problems.

March 26 at 5:38 AM
Leandro
10

same problema here

March 26 at 5:51 AM
Andrew
9

Same problem here

March 26 at 5:52 AM
Pedro
10

Same problem here

March 26 at 6:09 AM
Edgard
10

Same problem here. We need help, Meta. All clients without service.

March 26 at 6:10 AM
Gabriel
10

Same problem here. We need help, Meta. All clients without service.

March 26 at 6:17 AM
Leonardo
9

I'm in the same situation and they're simply not resolving anything; I try to contact them and only receive an automated message. It's getting complicated because it seems to be something in the API system; this error started out of nowhere today, and when I access the dashboard, everything is correct. I need urgent help because I've already tried everything and the dashboard doesn't show any errors, only when a message is sent via the WhatsApp API.

March 26 at 7:19 AM
IslandTour
Rony Augusto

The same problem here... for us it shows that a payment method has not been defined.

March 26 at 7:28 AM
11

Brazil here, same BO here!

March 26 at 6:28 AM
Tiago Oliveira
11

Meta help us, same issue here 💣️

March 26 at 6:00 AM
Douglas
15

Same problem here.

March 26 at 4:51 AM
Paloma
15

Same problem here.

March 26 at 4:59 AM
Danilo
15

Same problem

March 26 at 5:00 AM
Alex
15

Same problem

March 26 at 5:21 AM
Marcos
14

Same problem here

March 26 at 5:50 AM
Dev
14

Same problem

March 26 at 4:29 AM
Giosimar
16

Same problem here.

March 26 at 5:21 AM
Filipe
17

Guys, if you have access, please open a ticket with Direct Support; it will be more relevant for them to respond.

March 26 at 6:14 AM
Alex
Paloma

Already did it ✅

March 26 at 6:17 AM
Everson

Direct support is responded by an ai bot and closed.

March 26 at 6:19 AM
Alex

Mine is still open, I just haven't replied yet.

March 26 at 6:50 AM
Leandro

Direct support didn't solve my problem tbh

March 26 at 7:06 AM
20

Same problem

March 26 at 5:20 AM
Luis
18

Is it just me or did only Brazilians notice this problem?

March 26 at 6:19 AM
Lucas
Carlos

Brazil here

March 26 at 6:23 AM
Everson

I think it's affecting only Brazil.

March 26 at 6:24 AM
Rafael

yes, looks like it is happening only to brazil.

March 26 at 7:45 AM
IslandTour

Brazil here

March 26 at 7:53 AM
Jefferson

Brazil here too. Are you able to open a support ticket?

March 26 at 11:24 AM
Lucas

Meta finally has reported this issue in the status: https://metastatus.com/whatsapp-business-api

March 26 at 1:18 PM
Lucas

Meta, this is NOT a Low Disruption. It is affecting all of these people here and our customers

March 26 at 1:20 PM
22

Same problem here, and the service status page says everything is fine, what a lie.

March 26 at 4:52 AM
Maria Luiza
23

Same problem here.

March 26 at 5:07 AM
Gil
23

Same problem here.

March 26 at 4:47 AM
Onbeef
29

Same problem here.

March 26 at 4:26 AM
Jonatas
Sjnettelecom

Same Problem here

March 26 at 6:34 AM
Huelton

Same thing here

March 26 at 6:38 AM
37

Same problem here.

March 26 at 4:38 AM
Willian
Reginaldo

Same problem here.

March 26 at 8:03 AM
Igor

The issue appears to be widespread; here we noticed it starting around 8 AM.

March 26 at 9:33 AM