Plex incident

Plex DNS issues

Minor Resolved View vendor source →
Started
Apr 08, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 08, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC
Duration
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 08, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC

Affected components

plex.direct DNS servers

Update timeline

  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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