App Store goes down, joins the rest of the internet

UPDATE: Nov. 21, 2018, 1:05 p.m. AEDT Apple has updated its system status to mark both the App Store and Apple Music as a "resolved issue." Both platforms seem to be back up and running, after having been experiencing an "issue" from 12:20 p.m. to 12.52 p.m.

Seems like the whole damn internet is down today.

Following outages on Facebook and Instagram earlier on Tuesday, Apple's App Store is down.

SEE ALSO: Facebook and Instagram struggle with major outage

When trying to connect to the App Store, some users were met with a blank screen.

Image: mashable screenshot

Image: mashable screenshot

Apple's system status originally didn't show any sign of an outage, but when contacted by Mashable, an Apple Support representative said they too could see a lack of connection to the App Store.

Finally, the system status report showed an "issue" with the App Store — and Apple Music.

Image: mashable screenshot

People began reporting Apple Music and Books as down too, with Apple Music highlighted as having an "issue" on Apple's system status page.

Image: Mashable screenshot

Image: Mashable Screenshot

Mashable has contacted Apple for further information.

Folks on Twitter reported outages too, commenting on a likely scheduled tweet from the App Store.

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