Zoom’s Users face 403 forbidden preventing them from meeting online

Zoom users are facing error while using the Zoom web client or starting and attending the webinars. The error states “403 Forbidden”.

Other error reported saying, “Your connection has timed out and you cannot join the meetings. Verify your network connectivity and try again.”

As per the users’ report on DownDetector, Zoom users from the US East Coast and Western Europe are the most affected by this ongoing issue.

The company said on the official forum page that the Zoom is “working to get the Zoom Web Client and Zoom Web SDK back online.”

A Spokesperson from web client outage advised users to download and install desktop application till the period of under maintenance;

“Our team is currently aware of issues with users joining Zoom meetings and webinars using Zoom’s web client. In the interim, we recommend downloading and installing Zoom from zoom.us/download to connect to your meeting. We are working on it and will post further information and updates on status.zoom.us shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you very much for your patience.”

For your knowledge, Zoom is a  cloud-based communication platform that users use for video conferencing, online meetings, and chat and collaboration via mobile, desktop, and telephone systems.

The Zoom platform has been seen a quick increase in its users since the start of the 2020. Now, millions of students and employees enjoy this service for the learning and working purpose respectively.

This platform gained 2.22 million new users in this year so far and as comparison to the figure 1.99 million during the entire period of 2019, this is so big.