Meta chats keep popping up randomly

So, here's the deal... I'm hanging out on Meta using Google Chrome on my laptop, and all of a sudden, chats start popping up randomly with people I haven't talked to in ages. Most of them are unread messages, but I honestly have no clue what the catch is. In theory, my Meta account should be totally private—I've got SMS two-factor enabled, and my security settings are tight as a drum on everything except the device itself.

I'm running Norton, so there's definitely no virus, but it's driving me crazy because I can't find anyone on Google having this exact same issue. Usually, people complain about chats opening when a *new* message hits, but I'm not getting new notifications; these are old chats from way back in the day just jumping open. If this is a bug, it’s a weird new one.

Anyone have any idea what's going on?

Maybe it’s just some random glitch within Meta—I actually remember seeing an article recently about how both Meta and Instagram went down for a few hours all at once..

It might not have been an outright bug, per se, but it’s certainly been patched up now.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/news/old-software-bugs-fixed

so they fixed