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PBS Public user-reported issues in the last 24 hours

This chart displays the number of user-reported PBS Public problems 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.

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PBS Public outage history

IsDown has tracked 103 incidents since started monitoring PBS Public downtimes in February 2022. We are also collecting data from 4000+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage.

  • Apr 28 2025
    MVault Merge Tool Temporarily Disabled

    12 days ago · lasted 2 days

    This morning we identified a bug in the new MVault merge tool which could cause the incorrect TVault billing tab to be attached in cases where both merged records have a TVault billing tab. Out of an abundance of caution and avoid any errors in ...

  • Mar 14 2025
    AIM Interstitials not playing on the PBS KIDS livestream

    about 2 months ago · lasted 10 days

    Starting at or around 6:30 AM ET on 3/13/25, interstitials have stopped playing on the PBS KIDS livestream across all platforms. We are currently working to fix the error in the source stream.

  • Feb 28 2025
    Comcast Xfinity PBS App Issue for One-Click

    2 months ago · lasted 2 days

    We are investigating some backend issues with the PBS App on Comcast Xfinity devices regarding the in-app/one-click donations. There are no issues with other functionality and usability of the app. To prevent users from encountering any problems ...

  • Feb 27 2025
    Bento Performance Issues

    2 months ago · lasted 1 day

    The Bento console is currently slow to load for all users, and we are investigating the issue.

  • Feb 12 2025
    Intermittent Errors on PBS.org and SVPs

    3 months ago · lasted 7 days

    We are currently investigating intermittent errors affecting pages on PBS.org and Station Video Portals. Please follow this page for further updates.

  • Feb 2022 ...
    IsDown started monitoring PBS Public status

    We've tracked and collected 103 incidents since started monitoring PBS Public status

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Latest user comments about PBS Public issues

  • R

    Rhea

    Cannot access via PBS SoCal and haven't been able to for 3 days

  • A

    Ariel

    PBS KIDS

    The screen has the different color bars and said schedule HD05 with the EST and PST times but is not working

  • B

    Barbara

    Tv channels PSPIRIT , PBS 1024 problems. Black screen.

  • A

    Alexandria

    When I click on a program the diagram goes dark and it will not allow me to open program--frustrating.

  • B

    Bill

    Not receiving the channels any longer

  • M

    Marilla

    Videos loading and then stream is looping during playtime.

  • L

    Lonnie

    PBS Kids app not working on 32 inch ROKU ONN tv

  • C

    Chris

    Every stream says video unavailable.

  • S

    Susan

    PBS app on Roku won't open. Checked on three devices & 2 different internet services

  • N

    Nancy

    PBS KIDS

    Sever down last three weeks on Roku. Have rebooted all equipment, have uninstalled and reinstalled, all rokus are under a year old. Roku says it's PBS not them, my 2 1/2 twin grandkids are very sad.

  • K

    Katie

    PBS KIDS

    When trying to watch live tv on PBS kids app on Roku it says server is down. It have been like that for over a week

  • R

    Richard

    We are receiving the video feed from our local PBS station but no sound. What's happening???

  • L

    Lydia

    PBS KIDS

    The app won’t load. The yellow screen with the logo is all that loads. Frustrating as this happens a couple times every week!!

  • D

    Diane

    I cannot get live tv today on PBS

PBS Public outages in the last 30 days

Number of Incidents

1 issues

Last incident

13 days ago

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Having problems with PBS Public? What can you do?

  1. First, stay calm.

    • We know it's stressful when PBS Public is down, but running around is not going to fix it.
    • Remember that it's normal for services to go down sometimes. It can be for a number of reasons, from maintenance to unexpected issues.

  2. Make a quick evaluation of the impact of the PBS Public outage

    • Try to evaluate the impact of the outage on your business. Is it impacting a majority of your users or just a few?
    • Did PBS Public already acknowledge the issue? And published a status update? (You can find it in the top of the page or in PBS Public status page)
    • If not, understand if other users are also experiencing issues. You can also check this information on the top of the page.

  3. Communicate with your team and users quickly

    • If PBS Public is having problems and impacting your business, it's important to keep your team and users informed.
    • Share this page with your team, so you can start incident response procedures. No need for everyone to go around searching for information. Create a post or a specific channel in your internal communication tools (Slack, Teams, Google Chat, etc.) so you can aggregate all the information in one place.
    • If you have a status page, create a status update to inform your users about the issue. This way they know what's going on and you can avoid a flow of support requests overburding your team.

  4. Understand the root cause

    • After the first communication, let's move on to the next step. Do a more thorough investigation to understand the root cause of the issue and impact.
    • Reach out to the service provider to understand if they are aware of the issue and if they are already working on it. You can reach them in their support channels, or their social media channels if they have any.

  5. Is there any mitigation for the issue?

    • Understand if there are workarounds or mitigations for the issue. Can you use a different provider? Is the switch easy to do? Talk with your team to understand the best course of action.
    • Need to wait on the service provider to fix the issue? Understand if there is a timeline for the fix. Adapt your communication with your team and users to the situation. It's very important to keep everyone informed.

  6. Did PBS Public recover?

    • Continue to monitor the situation. A lot of times, the service can see a brief recovery and declare the issue as resolved, but it can come back. Keep monitor for some time to make sure it's really resolved.

  7. Post-incident analysis

    • Once the issue is resolved, it's important to do a post-incident analysis. Understand what went wrong and if it's possible or needed to do something to prevent it from happening again.
    • Sometimes if it's a critical dependency, you might need to have a backup plan in place to avoid a similar issue.
    • Vendors usually publish post-mortem analysis reports, so keep an eye on their social media channels and website for more information.

  8. Prepare for the next incident, because it will happen again

    • Start monitoring your dependencies. Sign up to IsDown and aggregate all your dependencies status in one place.
    • Nowadays, it's very common to have a lot of dependencies, and keeping an eye on them is not an easy task. IsDown can help you with that, by aggregating and monitoring all dependencies status and alerting you if they are having issues. Create status pages to communicate with your team and users.

Want to be informed about PBS Public status changes?

IsDown offers an easy way to monitor PBS Public with maximum flexibility

Major Outages Notifications

IsDown monitors PBS Public for major outages. A major outage is when PBS Public experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. When PBS Public marks an incident as a major outage, IsDown updates its internal status, the customer status page and dashboard. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.

Minor Outages Notifications

IsDown monitors PBS Public status page for minor outages. A minor outage is when PBS Public experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. When a minor outage occurs, IsDown updates its internal status and shares that information on the customer status page. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.

Outage Details

IsDown collects all information from the outages published in PBS Public status page to provide the most accurate information. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.

Maintenance Feed

PBS Public publishes scheduled maintenance events on their status page. IsDown collects all the information for each event and creates a feed that people can follow to ensure they are not surprised by unexpected downtime or problems. We also send the feed in our weekly report, alerting the next maintenances that will take place.

Component Filtering

IsDown monitors PBS Public and all their 75 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.

Early Outage Indicators

PBS Public and other vendors don't always report outages on time. Our crowdsourced status platform helps you stay ahead of outages. Users report issues and outages, sharing details on what problems they are facing. We use that info to provide early signs of outages. This way, even without an official update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is PBS Public down today?

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

What is the current PBS Public status?

PBS Public is currently operational. You can check PBS Public 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 Public 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 Public slow today?

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

How are PBS Public outages detected?

IsDown monitors the PBS Public 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.

When was the last PBS Public outage?

PBS Public last outage was on April 28, 2025 with the title "MVault Merge Tool Temporarily Disabled"

PBS Public not working for you? How do I know if PBS Public is down?

How can I check PBS Public status and outages?

Why use IsDown to monitor PBS Public 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 Public 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?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if a service 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. The integration allows us to provide more details about the outage, 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.

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