What is Plex current status?

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

Plex was not down today according to the official status page. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported. IsDown continuously monitors the Plex status page, looking for the latest outages and issues affecting customers. Check all recent outages in the section 'Latest Plex outages, issues and problems' at the top of the page.

How to monitor or check Plex status?

You can use IsDown service or go to Plex official status page. Some accounts also use Twitter to communicate the status.

How can I be notified when Plex is having issues or undergoing maintenance?

You can create an account in IsDown and monitor multiple services or subscribe for updates on the official status page. IsDown will send you a notification in real-time when Plex has issues. Plex official status page might also offer notification options such as email, SMS, or Slack.

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Plex status. Is Plex down right now?

Plex status updated 2 minutes 20 seconds ago

Is Plex down?

Plex is working normally

IsDown last checked Plex status on January 19, 2026 at 02:17 AM EET. We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Monitoring since Jun 2021 · 128 incidents caught · 37 components tracked in real-time

Plex service health over the last 24 hours

This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for Plex 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.

Plex Outage Map

See where Plex users are reporting performance issues or downtime. The map shows recent outages from around the world.

Plex Outage Map

Recent Plex outage reports

See what users are saying about Plex issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage.

about 1 month ago

Vince - Plex worked yesterday 12.6.25 not working today. wish I had a clue worked fine for years. all the content graphics are there the movie doesn't play. Says content not available both on the server or TV Help!!!.
5 months ago

Dave - Error connecting to the metadata API..

metadata.provider.plex.tv - US
10 months ago

Nathan - Payment processor is reporting: "Oops, we have an issue Payment processor not available! Please try try again in a few minutes, or contact support.".

Payment Processor
about 1 year ago

John - Error stating server not connected. I can't see Network or Server options in the Plex settings. Was working fine about 1 hour ago, then stopped working.
over 1 year ago

Ron - The recent update has caused my lower end Roku's not to playback anything from server. My Roku 4670 RW Ultra is working but burbeds now and then. My other Roku's a 4801RW Ultra and 2 - 3810X Sticks fail to playback anything from the server, weither from a recording or live from my HD Homeruns. Al....
over 1 year ago

Aidan - can’t establish a connection to the server .
over 1 year ago

Kash - Website is timing out, any other website is fine..
over 1 year ago

Alex - Metadata not working Access from outside not stable Settings updates not really saved by the server.

Downtime health for the last 90 days

In the last 90 days, Plex had 3 incidents (1 major outage and 2 minor incidents) with a median duration of 6 hours 29 minutes.

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Incidents

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Warning

Minor Incidents

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6 hour

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Latest Plex outages detected by IsDown

IsDown has tracked 128 incidents since started monitoring Plex status in June 2021. We collect data from 5420+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official Plex outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

about 1 hour

Application unavailable

Dec 05, 2025 at 11:02 AM

about 6 hours

Music metadata performance issue

Nov 07, 2025 at 04:23 AM

17 days

Issues with plex.tv API

Oct 27, 2025 at 05:50 PM

about 3 hours

Third-party app authentication issue

Sep 17, 2025 at 07:32 AM

1 day

Music metadata search performance impact

Jun 19, 2025 at 07:12 AM

about 2 hours

watch.plex.tv failing to load content

Jun 12, 2025 at 09:35 PM

1 day

Service degradation identified for some of our US services

May 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM

3 days

Stalled Music metadata data

May 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM

21 minutes

Program Guide Data for Live TV

Nov 19, 2024 at 01:02 PM

about 3 hours

Movies & Shows, Live TV, Metadata, and Discover Together outage

Nov 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM

Title	Started At	Duration
Application unavailable We're currently investigating issues affecting our services. You may experience slow responses or...	Dec 05, 2025 at 09:02 AM UTC	about 1 hour
Music metadata performance issue We are currently investigating this issue.	Nov 07, 2025 at 02:23 AM UTC	about 6 hours
Issues with plex.tv API We're investigating issues impacting API services for some users. This can affect account auth (s...	Oct 27, 2025 at 03:50 PM UTC	17 days
Third-party app authentication issue Plex OAuth functionality is currently unavailable for 3rd Party apps/services	Sep 17, 2025 at 04:32 AM UTC	about 3 hours
Music metadata search performance impact We are investigating an issue on our music metadata search service in Europe that can impact perf...	Jun 19, 2025 at 04:12 AM UTC	1 day
watch.plex.tv failing to load content We are aware of an issue with watch.plex.tv failing to load some content. This is due to a downst...	Jun 12, 2025 at 06:35 PM UTC	about 2 hours
Service degradation identified for some of our US services We are investigating a networking issue with some of our US services. Response times may be slowe...	May 27, 2025 at 09:54 PM UTC	1 day
Stalled Music metadata data Our music metadata search application is under maintenance, we paused the job that refresh our co...	May 20, 2025 at 09:28 AM UTC	3 days
Program Guide Data for Live TV We're investigating issues affecting program guide data for our Live TV features. You may experie...	Nov 19, 2024 at 11:02 AM UTC	21 minutes
Movies & Shows, Live TV, Metadata, and Discover Together outage We’re investigating issues affecting Movies & Shows, Live TV, media metadata, and Discover Togeth...	Nov 19, 2024 at 10:13 AM UTC	about 3 hours

Components / Services / Regions current status

Check the current status of the 20 components, services, or regions being monitored for Plex.

Component	Status	Details
Account-related emails delivery status	OK	View details
Authentication/Login page status	OK	View details
Blog comments status	OK	View details
Chromecast app status	OK	View details
Content Delivery Network status	OK	View details
Devices messaging services status	OK	View details
Forums - Discourse status	OK	View details
Hosted web app (app.plex.tv) status	OK	View details
Live TV and TV Program Guide Data status	OK	View details
Media Metadata status	OK	View details
Music via TIDAL status	OK	View details
Payment Processor status	OK	View details
plex.tv - Authentication and API server status	OK	View details
Podcasts status	OK	View details
Remote Access status	OK	View details
Smart TV app status	OK	View details
Video On Demand status	OK	View details
Web Shows status	OK	View details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Plex down today?

Plex isn't down. You can check Plex status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Plex official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Plex status?

Plex is currently operational. You can check Plex 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 Plex 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 Plex down today or just slow?

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

How are Plex outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Plex 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 Plex having an outage right now?

Plex last outage was on December 05, 2025 with the title "Application unavailable"

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Plex?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Plex 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 Plex'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.