Twilio incident: Delay in Getting Twilio/flows Templates Approved on Whatsapp

1. resolvedMay 20, 2026, 23:15 UTC

   Our engineers have monitored the fix and confirmed the issue with WhatsApp templates has been resolved. All services are now operating normally at this time.

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