What is PBS status right now?

PBS is operational. Check PBS service health and outages at the top of this page for real-time updates.

PBS had 1 outages in the last 24 hours. IsDown monitors PBS status continuously for outages and service health issues.

When was the last PBS outage?

The last PBS outage was on September 04, 2026: "Outage - Errors on the PBS App and when playing videos on pbs.org"

How do I check if PBS is down?

Use IsDown to monitor PBS status and get alerts when PBS is down. You can also check the official PBS status page.

How do I get alerts when PBS is down?

Create an IsDown account to monitor PBS status. Get instant alerts via Slack, PagerDuty, or email when PBS outages occur.

Is PBS Down? Current Status and Outages

PBS status updated 1 minute 18 seconds ago

Current PBS status

PBS is having a minor outage

IsDown last checked PBS status on September 05, 2026 at 12:40 AM EDT. We've received 41 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Monitoring since Feb 2022 · 123 incidents caught · 75 components tracked in real-time

PBS service health over the last 24 hours

This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for PBS service health over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem.

Outage Map

See where users report PBS is down. The map shows recent PBS outages from around the world.

Top locations, last 24h:

United States
Japan

PBS Outage Map

Recent PBS outage reports

See what users report when PBS is down and how PBS outages affect them.

Sep 05, 2026 (26 minutes ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Alex - Couldn't start pbs app on Amazon fire stick all evening today..
Sep 04, 2026 (about 2 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Streaming to TV not working for 2 days.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 3 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

CC - When I click on the PBS app on our smart TV, the screen stays black..
Sep 04, 2026 (about 5 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Nancy - my pbs password just shows a bluescreen. I have a Samsung TV and use Rokus.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 6 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Libby - Until yesterday I was watching PBS Passport on Roku. Beginning yesterday all I see is a blue screen..
Sep 04, 2026 (about 6 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Blue screen only on Roku and on my phone and web site.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 14 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Blue screen last night and this morning..
Sep 04, 2026 (about 16 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Christina - pbs passport app is just a blank bright blue screen.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 21 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Pbs app not working with roku.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 21 hours ago) 🇵🇱 Poland

Site unreachable with HTTP 500 server error status.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 22 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

No pbs passport available since 10pm 9-3-26.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 22 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Linda - I log in on and it says "successful sign in" then goes to 500 error. I tried multiple times from 2 different browsers, and 2 profiles in one of the browsers, about 90 minutes apart..
Sep 04, 2026 (about 22 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

J - PBS.org is not allowing logins and the apps on tvs are not working.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 23 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Bri - Cannot log in to the pbs passport app on tv, ipad, or pc.
Sep 04, 2026 (about 23 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

PBS streaming not working - blue screen. Also can't login to my account.

PBS Downtime Health — Last 90 Days

In the last 90 days, PBS had 4 incidents (1 major outage and 3 minor incidents) with a median duration of 80 hours 4 minutes.

Total

Incidents

Critical

Major Outages

Warning

Minor Incidents

Duration

80 hour

Median Resolution

Recent PBS outages detected

Full incident reports for recent PBS outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.

Ongoing

Outage - Errors on the PBS App and when playing videos on pbs.org

Sep 04, 2026 at 02:53 AM

3 days

Lagging and Time-outs Affecting Multiple Platforms

Jul 31, 2026 at 11:53 AM

7 days

Select Samsung TV Models Unable to Load PBS App

Jun 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM

1 day

Intermittent Livestream Playback Issues on Web

Jun 16, 2026 at 11:26 AM

4 days

Accessing the PBS App on Amazon Fire Tablets

Jun 04, 2026 at 06:09 PM

about 3 hours

PBS KIDS service outage on select platforms.

Apr 27, 2026 at 11:05 AM

3 days

Issue with Copying/Pasting in the Bento Console

Mar 09, 2026 at 01:16 PM

about 1 hour

Bento Save Issues

Feb 11, 2026 at 10:18 AM

about 16 hours

Intermittent Issues Loading Content on PBS Platforms

Feb 10, 2026 at 04:29 PM

11 days

Playback Issues on the PBS App for Smart TVs

Jan 30, 2026 at 08:53 AM

Title	IsDown detected At	Duration
Outage - Errors on the PBS App and when playing videos on pbs.org Our engineering team is currently investigating reports of errors loading the PBS App on all plat...	Sep 04, 2026 at 06:53 AM UTC	Ongoing
Lagging and Time-outs Affecting Multiple Platforms We are currently investigating some lagging and time-outs in the MVault console. Some other pl...	Jul 31, 2026 at 03:53 PM UTC	3 days
Select Samsung TV Models Unable to Load PBS App We're currently investigating an issue which is preventing users on some Samsung TV models from o...	Jun 22, 2026 at 02:22 PM UTC	7 days
Intermittent Livestream Playback Issues on Web We're investigating an issue where the livestream player is experiencing intermittent playback is...	Jun 16, 2026 at 03:26 PM UTC	1 day
Accessing the PBS App on Amazon Fire Tablets Users nationwide may be prevented from opening and using the PBS app on Amazon Fire Tablet device...	Jun 04, 2026 at 10:09 PM UTC	4 days
PBS KIDS service outage on select platforms. We've identified an issue preventing the PBS KIDS app from loading on select platforms, with Roku...	Apr 27, 2026 at 03:05 PM UTC	about 3 hours
Issue with Copying/Pasting in the Bento Console We are currently investigating an issue preventing users from pasting content within the Bento co...	Mar 09, 2026 at 05:16 PM UTC	3 days
Bento Save Issues We're currently investigating an issue where attempting to Save changes in the Bento console is r...	Feb 11, 2026 at 03:18 PM UTC	about 1 hour
Intermittent Issues Loading Content on PBS Platforms PBS services are currently affected intermittently by an ongoing AWS issue. Viewers may report is...	Feb 10, 2026 at 09:29 PM UTC	about 16 hours
Playback Issues on the PBS App for Smart TVs We've identified an issue with video playback on the PBS app for Samsung TV, VIZIO SmartCast TV, ...	Jan 30, 2026 at 01:53 PM UTC	11 days

PBS Components Status

Check if any PBS component is down. View the current status of 58 services and regions.

Component	Status
AIM	OK
APIs	OK
AWS apigateway-us-east-1	OK
AWS autoscaling-us-east-1	OK
AWS cloudformation-us-east-1	OK
AWS cloudtrail-us-east-1	OK
AWS cloudwatch-us-east-1	OK
AWS codedeploy-us-east-1	OK
AWS config-us-east-1	OK
AWS directconnect-us-east-1	OK
AWS dynamodb-us-east-1	OK
AWS ec2-us-east-1	OK
AWS ecr-us-east-1	OK
AWS ecs-us-east-1	OK
AWS elasticache-us-east-1	OK
AWS elasticsearch-us-east-1	OK
AWS elb-us-east-1	OK
AWS elemental-us-east-1	OK

Load All 40 Components

PBS AWS firehose-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS guardduty-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS kinesis-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS lambda-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS opsworks-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS ram-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS rds-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS route53resolver-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS route53-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS securityhub-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS ses-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS sns-us-east-1	OK
PBS AWS sqs-us-east-1	OK
PBS Curate Console	OK
PBS DAM	OK
PBS Freshdesk WEB APP	OK
PBS Google Apps Analytics	OK
PBS HostedBento	OK
PBS LearningMedia	OK
PBS Local Live Streams	OK
PBS Media Manager Console	OK
PBS MVault Console	OK
PBS New Relic Log API : US	OK
PBS New Relic Metric API : US	OK
PBS Account	OK
PBS Digital Viewer/Passport Technical Support Call System	OK
PBS Docs	OK
PBS Global Chrome	OK
PBS Help Site	OK
PBS KIDS	OK
PBS Mobile and OTT Apps	OK
PBS Partner Player	OK
PBS Video Portal	OK
PBS Website	OK
PBS Sentry Event Ingestion	OK
PBS Sentry Slack	OK
PBS Source	OK
PBS Station Manager Console	OK
PBS TV Listings Editor Console	OK
PBS TV Schedules	OK

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is PBS down today?

PBS isn't down. You can check PBS status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors PBS official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 1 outages reported.

What is the current PBS status?

PBS is currently operational. You can check PBS status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a PBS outage now?

Yes, there is an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.

Is PBS down today or just slow?

Yes, PBS might be slow as there's an ongoing outage. You can check the details on the top of the page.

How are PBS outages detected?

IsDown monitors the PBS official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is PBS having an outage right now?

PBS last outage was on September 04, 2026 with the title "Outage - Errors on the PBS App and when playing videos on pbs.org"

How often does PBS go down?

IsDown has tracked 122 PBS incidents since February 2022.

Is PBS down for everyone or just me?

Check the PBS status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether PBS is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.

What PBS components does IsDown monitor?

IsDown monitors 75 PBS components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.

How to check if PBS is down?

Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
IsDown continuously monitors the PBS status page and multiple sources to provide up-to-date information. Check back with us for the latest PBS uptime status.

Why use IsDown to monitor PBS instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor PBS and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring PBS?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if PBS is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about PBS's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.