Plex Outage History

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There were 6 Plex outages since February 7, 2026. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.plex.tv

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
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 24, 2026

Issues with plex.tv API

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 24, 2026, 12:34 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 24, 2026, 12:34 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 23, 2026, 11:55 PM 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. Affected components Authentication and API server (plex.tv) (Partial outage)

  2. monitoring Apr 24, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We have deployed a fix and are monitoring the results. Affected components Authentication and API server (plex.tv) (Operational)

  3. resolved Apr 24, 2026, 12:34 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 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
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
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
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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Minor February 7, 2026

Discover Together

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 07, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 07, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Feb 07, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved We're currently investigating issues affecting Discover Together. You may experience trouble accessing your Profile, Activity Feed, People, and Discover/Where to Watch features. This does not impact access to personal media.

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