Plex Outage History

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Plex had 18 outages in the last 2 years — averaging 0.7 incidents per month.

There were 18 Plex outages since February 7, 2026. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.plex.tv

Minor September 14, 2026

DNS Issues with plex.tv API

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 14, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 14, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Sep 14, 2026, 02:31 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We're investigating issues impacting API services. This can affect account auth (sign-in & PIN verification) and creation, access to Downloads page items, and more. You may experience slow responses or failures. Affected components Authentication and API server (plex.tv) (Full outage)

  2. identified Sep 14, 2026, 02:35 PM UTC

    Status: Identified We have identified the issue and are deploying a fix. Affected components Authentication and API server (plex.tv) (Partial outage)

  3. monitoring Sep 14, 2026, 02:51 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring DNS has been restored but some users may experience issues while records propagate across the globe. We are monitoring this propagation. Affected components Authentication and API server (plex.tv) (Partial outage)

  4. resolved Sep 14, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components Authentication and API server (plex.tv) (Operational)

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Minor September 10, 2026

plex.direct name resolution issue

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 10, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 10, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC
Duration
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Affected: plex.direct DNS servers
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. monitoring Sep 10, 2026, 02:07 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring Name resolution is back to normal. We are keeping an eye on the platform and our metrics Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Operational)

  2. investigating Sep 10, 2026, 02:13 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We are investigating an issue impacting plex.direct name resolution. Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Degraded performance)

  3. resolved Sep 10, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved Everything is back to normal Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Operational)

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Minor September 5, 2026

Issues with Plex Relay service

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 05, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 05, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC
Duration
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Affected: Relay service
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Sep 04, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We're investigating an issue with our relay service. You may experience issues with indirect playback during this time. Affected components Relay service (Full outage)

  2. identified Sep 04, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC

    Status: Identified We have identified the issue and are deploying a fix. Affected components Relay service (Full outage)

  3. monitoring Sep 04, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring A fix has been deployed and we are monitoring the results. Affected components Relay service (Operational)

  4. resolved Sep 05, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components Relay service (Operational)

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Minor September 4, 2026

Intermittent issues with remote connectivity

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 04, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 04, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC
Duration
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Affected: Remote connectivity tests
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Aug 31, 2026, 03:00 PM UTC

    Status: Identified We had various reports of remote connectivity tests failing intermittently for some users. Affected components Remote connectivity tests (Degraded performance)

  2. investigating Aug 31, 2026, 04:50 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We investigated various areas of the remote connectivity infrastructure and discovered a bug preventing the correct IP address being returned for some requests. Affected components Remote connectivity tests (Degraded performance)

  3. resolved Sep 04, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved We pushed out a fix and received confirmation that the issue was resolved. Affected components Remote connectivity tests (Operational)

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Minor September 3, 2026

Issues with plex.tv API

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 03, 2026, 01:36 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 03, 2026, 01:36 AM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Sep 03, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC

    Status: Investigating We're investigating issues impacting API services for some users. This can affect account auth (sign-in & PIN verification) and creation, access to Downloads page items, and more. You may experience slow responses or failures.

  2. identified Sep 03, 2026, 01:12 AM UTC

    Status: Identified We're investigating issues impacting API services for some users. This can affect account auth (sign-in & PIN verification) and creation, access to Downloads page items, and more. You may experience slow responses or failures.

  3. monitoring Sep 03, 2026, 01:17 AM UTC

    Status: Monitoring A fix has been implemented we are monitoring that traffic properly comes back to normal Affected components Authentication and API server (plex.tv) (Operational)

  4. resolved Sep 03, 2026, 01:36 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components Authentication and API server (plex.tv) (Operational)

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Minor August 20, 2026

Playback issue on Samsung TV

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 20, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 20, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Aug 19, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring Playback of Plex Media Server content on Samsung TVs failed after the last version deployment Affected components Smart TV app (Full outage)

  2. resolved Aug 20, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved We rollbacked to the previous version, playback is working fine now Affected components Smart TV app (Operational)

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Minor July 27, 2026

plex.direct DNS service degredation

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 27, 2026, 05:29 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 27, 2026, 05:29 PM UTC
Duration
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Affected: plex.direct DNS servers
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Jul 27, 2026, 02:38 PM UTC

    Status: Identified We're currently investigating issues affecting our plex.direct DNS resolvers. You may experience some timeouts while we work to resolve the issue. Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Jul 27, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring The service is stabilizing and we're monitoring the results. Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Operational)

  3. resolved Jul 27, 2026, 05:29 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Operational)

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Minor July 23, 2026

Media Metadata

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC
Duration
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Affected: metadata.provider.plex.tv - US
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 22, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC

    Status: Investigating We’re investigating issues affecting media metadata. You may experience slow responses or failures retrieving posters, summaries, cast, subtitles, and more during this time. Affected components metadata.provider.plex.tv - US (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Jul 22, 2026, 08:19 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We have implemented a fix and are monitoring the results. Affected components metadata.provider.plex.tv - US (Operational)

  3. resolved Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components metadata.provider.plex.tv - US (Operational)

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Minor July 23, 2026

Discover Together

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC
Duration
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Affected: Discover Together - US
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 22, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

    Status: Investigating We’re currently investigating issues affecting Discover Together. You may experience trouble accessing your Profile, Activity Feed, People, and Discover/Where to Watch features. Affected components Discover Together - US (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Jul 22, 2026, 08:18 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We have implemented a fix and are monitoring the results. Affected components Discover Together - US (Operational)

  3. resolved Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components Discover Together - US (Operational)

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Minor July 23, 2026

Program Guide Data for Live TV

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC
Duration
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Affected: Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - US
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 22, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

    Status: Investigating We’re investigating issues affecting program guide data for our Live TV features. You may experience slow responses or failures to load or refresh program guide data during this time. Affected components Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - US (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Jul 22, 2026, 08:18 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We have implemented a fix and are monitoring the results. Affected components Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - US (Operational)

  3. resolved Jul 23, 2026, 01:55 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - US (Operational)

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Minor July 23, 2026

Movies & Shows free streaming

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 23, 2026, 01:54 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 23, 2026, 01:54 AM UTC
Duration
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Affected: AVOD - US
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 22, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC

    Status: Investigating We’re currently investigating issues affecting our free Movies & Shows streaming. You may experience slow responses or failures accessing this free streaming during this time. Affected components AVOD - US (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Jul 22, 2026, 08:17 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We have implemented a fix and are monitoring the results. Affected components AVOD - US (Operational)

  3. resolved Jul 23, 2026, 01:54 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components AVOD - US (Operational)

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Minor July 23, 2026

Pubsub service disruption

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 23, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 23, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Duration
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Affected: Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - USLive TV and TV Program Guide Data - Europemeta.plex.tvmetadata.provider.plex.tv - Europemetadata.provider.plex.tv - USmp.plex.tv / ump.plex.tv / mpm.plex.tvMusic metadata searchSubtitles searchplex.direct DNS serversRelay serviceRemote connectivity testsAVOD - USAVOD - EuropeDiscover Together - EuropeDiscover Together - US
Timeline · 2 updates

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Minor July 3, 2026

Issues with music matching

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 03, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 03, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC
Duration
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Affected: Music metadata search
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 03, 2026, 09:40 AM UTC

    Status: Investigating We are investigating an issue of failed music matches for Plex Media Server users. Affected components Music metadata search (Partial outage)

  2. monitoring Jul 03, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC

    Status: Monitoring A fix has been deployed and music matching should be working as expected. We will continue to monitor. Affected components Music metadata search (Operational)

  3. resolved Jul 03, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved The implemented fix is working as expected. Affected components Music metadata search (Operational)

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Minor June 9, 2026

Issues with plex.direct name servers

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 09, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 09, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC
Duration
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Affected: plex.direct DNS servers
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jun 09, 2026, 08:39 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We're investigating issues impacting our plex.direct name servers for some users. You may experience slow responses or failures. Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Jun 09, 2026, 09:16 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We are noticing an improvement in response time. We will continue to monitor closely. Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Degraded performance)

  3. resolved Jun 09, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Operational)

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Minor April 28, 2026

Issues with forums.plex.tv

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 28, 2026, 09:49 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 28, 2026, 09:49 AM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Apr 28, 2026, 09:25 AM UTC

    Status: Identified A third party provider hosting our forum is experiencing issues, making forums.plex.tv "forums.plex.tv": http://forums.plex.tv unreachable. Affected components Forums (Discourse) (Degraded performance)

  2. resolved Apr 28, 2026, 09:49 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved Upstream incident is now resolved Affected components Forums (Discourse) (Operational)

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Minor April 8, 2026

Plex DNS issues

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 08, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 08, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC
Duration
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Affected: plex.direct DNS servers
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 08, 2026, 08:34 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We're investigating issues with our backend plex.direct DNS servers. You may experience issues during this time. Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Apr 08, 2026, 09:41 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We have deployed a fix and are monitoring the results. Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Operational)

  3. resolved Apr 08, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved The service issue has been resolved and you should see things returning to normal now. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked on the issue! Affected components plex.direct DNS servers (Operational)

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Minor March 9, 2026

Issues with services in EU

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 09, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 09, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC
Duration
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Affected: Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - Europemetadata.provider.plex.tv - EuropeAVOD - EuropeDiscover Together - Europe
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 09, 2026, 06:47 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We are currently investigating an issue with slow/dropped responses in the EU region. Affected components Discover Together - Europe (Degraded performance) Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - Europe (Degraded performance) metadata.provider.plex.tv - Europe (Degraded performance) AVOD - Europe (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Mar 09, 2026, 07:59 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Affected components AVOD - Europe (Degraded performance) Discover Together - Europe (Degraded performance) Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - Europe (Degraded performance) metadata.provider.plex.tv - Europe (Degraded performance)

  3. resolved Mar 09, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved This incident has been resolved. Affected components AVOD - Europe (Operational) Discover Together - Europe (Operational) Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - Europe (Operational) metadata.provider.plex.tv - Europe (Operational)

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Minor February 10, 2026

Community API experiencing issues

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 10, 2026, 07:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 10, 2026, 07:25 PM UTC
Duration
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Affected: Discover Together - EuropeDiscover Together - US
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Feb 10, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We are currently investigating this issue. Affected components Discover Together - US (Full outage) Discover Together - Europe (Full outage)

  2. identified Feb 10, 2026, 07:03 PM UTC

    Status: Identified The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented. Affected components Discover Together - US (Partial outage) Discover Together - Europe (Full outage)

  3. monitoring Feb 10, 2026, 07:13 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Affected components Discover Together - US (Operational) Discover Together - Europe (Operational)

  4. resolved Feb 10, 2026, 07:25 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved This incident has been resolved. Affected components Discover Together - US (Operational) Discover Together - Europe (Operational)

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