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 is not down today according to the official status page. IsDown monitors PBS status continuously for outages and service health issues.

When was the last PBS outage?

The last PBS outage was on December 15, 2025: "Delays in Uploaded Content to PBS Platforms"

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.

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PBS is working normally

IsDown last checked PBS status on January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC. We've received 2 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Monitoring since Feb 2022 · 112 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.

PBS 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

PBS Outage Map

Recent PBS outage reports

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

Jan 14, 2026 (6 days ago)

Linda - Login stopped working on website. It only leads to a blank page. I normally go there to add shows to my list for TV watching later..
Jan 13, 2026 (7 days ago)

MARILYN - HAVING PROBLEMS LOADING STREAMING.
Jan 13, 2026 (8 days ago)

PBS streaming won’t come up on our TV.
Jan 06, 2026 (14 days ago)

PBS newshour on YouTube is marked as private.
Jan 06, 2026 (14 days ago)

I can open the app but when I select a show to watch I only get a black screen after watching the ads it shows.
Jan 04, 2026 (17 days ago)

Judith - Go tp app, nothing comes up. Black screen..

Downtime health for the last 90 days

In the last 90 days, PBS had 3 incidents with a median duration of 69 hours 42 minutes.

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Incidents

Critical

Major Outages

Warning

Minor Incidents

Duration

69 hour

Median Resolution

Latest PBS outages detected by IsDown

Check PBS status history below. IsDown detects when PBS is down, tracking both official outages and user-reported issues.

3 days

Delays in Uploaded Content to PBS Platforms

Dec 15, 2025 at 05:55 PM

4 days

PBS Passport Recognition Error

Nov 06, 2025 at 04:17 PM

about 24 hours

PBS.org Sign In Issues

Nov 04, 2025 at 01:05 PM

about 8 hours

AWS Trouble

Oct 20, 2025 at 03:30 PM

26 days

Roku PBS App Crash on Seasons Menu

Jul 25, 2025 at 06:03 PM

about 2 hours

Jul 22, 2025 at 01:48 PM

about 20 hours

PBS KIDS Livestream Issue on Roku

Jul 21, 2025 at 07:47 PM

about 4 hours

Reported Login Issues

Jul 15, 2025 at 01:09 PM

2 days

MVault Merge Tool Temporarily Disabled

Apr 28, 2025 at 05:23 PM

10 days

AIM Interstitials not playing on the PBS KIDS livestream

Mar 14, 2025 at 04:06 PM

Title	Started At	Duration
Delays in Uploaded Content to PBS Platforms We are currently investigating delays with new videos published to PBS platforms. Videos that are...	Dec 15, 2025 at 05:55 PM UTC	3 days
PBS Passport Recognition Error We are investigating reports from Passport members stating their Passport benefits are not being ...	Nov 06, 2025 at 04:17 PM UTC	4 days
PBS.org Sign In Issues We are currently investigating reports from users who are unable to sign in on PBS.org. Users hav...	Nov 04, 2025 at 01:05 PM UTC	about 24 hours
AWS Trouble About 3 AM Eastern, Amazon AWS (which powers many databases including most PBS platforms) began e...	Oct 20, 2025 at 03:30 PM UTC	about 8 hours
Roku PBS App Crash on Seasons Menu We’re aware of an issue with the PBS app on Roku where users browsing between seasons of select s...	Jul 25, 2025 at 06:03 PM UTC	26 days
Login issue with pbs.org/tv for the GA PBS App We're looking into intermittent errors occurring on the pbs.org/tv site when users enter their si...	Jul 22, 2025 at 01:48 PM UTC	about 2 hours
PBS KIDS Livestream Issue on Roku We are currently investigating an issue on the PBS KIDS App on Roku, Vizio, and Comcast. When t...	Jul 21, 2025 at 07:47 PM UTC	about 20 hours
Reported Login Issues We are currently investigating reported issues with login on the PBS website and apps. Please fol...	Jul 15, 2025 at 01:09 PM UTC	about 4 hours
MVault Merge Tool Temporarily Disabled This morning we identified a bug in the new MVault merge tool which could cause the incorrect TVa...	Apr 28, 2025 at 05:23 PM UTC	2 days
AIM Interstitials not playing on the PBS KIDS livestream Starting at or around 6:30 AM ET on 3/13/25, interstitials have stopped playing on the PBS KIDS l...	Mar 14, 2025 at 04:06 PM UTC	10 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

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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

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 0 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?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is PBS down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of PBS being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

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 December 15, 2025 with the title "Delays in Uploaded Content to PBS Platforms"

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.