Look, we all know the pain.

You wake up to an angry client message asking why performance was bad yesterday, or worse, why their account suddenly stopped spending entirely. 😅

After hours of troubleshooting, you discover it wasn't your fault at all... it was just another Meta bug that no one warned you about.

I've been there too many times. Recently, our team found that sales data from Meta's API didn't even match what we saw in the Facebook Ads dashboard (not a time zone issue either). We almost paused our best-performing campaigns based on completely wrong data.

This exact setup has saved me countless headaches and helped me stay up to date with Meta's constant “surprise” outages and issues without manually checking their status page every hour like a crazy person.

How to Connect Meta Issues Directly to Slack (Takes 3 Minutes)

Slack has this built-in /feed command that most people have no idea exists.

Here’s the exact process:

1. Create a dedicated channel in Slack (name it something like #meta-issues so your team knows what it’s for).

2. Visit the Meta Status Page.

3. Meta groups their products into three main categories:

   • Business Tools (this is what you want for ad accounts)

   • Developer Platform

   • Transparency Tools

4. Find the specific product you want to monitor for issues. For most of us, that’s the “Facebook Ads Manager” under the “Business Tools” section. Look for the small RSS Feed icon at the bottom right of the page 👇
   
   

   

5. Click that RSS icon and you'll get redirected to a link like this:
   https://metastatus.com/outage-events-feed-ads-manager.rss

6. Copy the link, go back to your Slack channel, and type this exact command:
   /feed https://metastatus.com/outage-events-feed-ads-manager.rss

You're done! Your Slack channel will now automatically post updates whenever Meta has an issue with that product.

Repeat for other products you care about. I recommend monitoring all the Business Tools at minimum.

To check what you're subscribed to, go to your channel and type:
/feed list
This shows all your active feeds (see example below) 👇

Why This Actually Matters (And Which Products to Monitor)

Here’s the thing - when a client asks, "Why did our account suddenly stop spending yesterday?" you’ll already have the answer in your Slack channel showing Meta had a 2-hour delivery outage. Or even better, I add the clients directly to that Slack channel so they can see for themselves.

Instead of looking clueless, you’ll immediately know if a performance dip was caused by platform issues rather than the campaigns.

This simple setup has saved me from:

• Unnecessary campaign changes during Meta bugs

• Countless hours troubleshooting issues I can’t control

• Looking incompetent in front of clients when Meta has problems

Just last month, Meta overspent by up to 50% on some of my accounts in a single hour. In one account, it spent over $2.7K in a 3-hour window that normally spends around $300 on average. Having updates about status issues helps explain these anomalies to clients.

Meta Products Every Media Buyer Should Track

• Ads Manager – Where performance issues hit hardest

• Business Manager – Access problems can lock you out completely

• Ads Delivery – Campaign delivery issues happen here

• Billing – Payment bugs can pause all your campaigns

• Ads Reporting – Often breaks separately from other systems

Each of these can fail independently, and Meta won’t automatically notify you when they do. I’ve seen campaigns tank because of issues in just one system while everything else looked fine.

How to Tell If It’s Meta or Your Campaign

The hardest part of managing Meta ads is knowing when poor performance is due to:

• Your campaign’s performance

• A Meta issue affecting everyone

• A targeted issue affecting only certain accounts

Here’s my simple approach:

1. Check your Meta Issues Slack channel – is there a reported issue?

2. Look at performance patterns – did metrics drop suddenly or gradually?

3. Check multiple accounts (or reach out to other meta media buyers) – are all accounts affected or just one?

If performance suddenly drops across multiple accounts at the exact same time, it’s almost always Meta, not you.

Beyond Slack: Alternative Notification Systems

If you don’t use Slack, here are some alternatives:

• Email notifications: Most status pages let you subscribe via email

• Discord webhook: Similar to Slack, you can send these updates into Discord

• Browser push notifications: Enable these directly on the Meta Status Page

The key is having a system that PUSHES issues to you rather than having to manually check.

The Best Benefit of This: Proactive Communication

When you know about Meta issues before your clients do, you can:

• Send them a heads-up that performance might be affected

• Explain that it’s a platform-wide issue (not your campaigns)

• Detail what you’re doing to monitor the situation

• Provide estimated resolution times based on Meta’s updates

This level of proactive communication builds massive trust with clients. They’ll see you as the expert who stays on top of everything.

Here’s the real secret, most media buyers are completely clueless about Meta issues until hours or days after they happen. When you’re the one who notices issues immediately and communicates proactively, you become the expert clients trust… even when things go wrong.