This page shows the live PBS Public status so you can confirm in seconds if PBS Public is down.
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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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.
11 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 ...
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.
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 ...
2 months ago · lasted 1 day
The Bento console is currently slow to load for all users, and we are investigating the issue.
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.
We've tracked and collected 103 incidents since started monitoring PBS Public status
Rhea
Cannot access via PBS SoCal and haven't been able to for 3 days
Ariel
The screen has the different color bars and said schedule HD05 with the EST and PST times but is not working
Barbara
Tv channels PSPIRIT , PBS 1024 problems. Black screen.
Alexandria
When I click on a program the diagram goes dark and it will not allow me to open program--frustrating.
Bill
Not receiving the channels any longer
Marilla
Videos loading and then stream is looping during playtime.
Lonnie
PBS Kids app not working on 32 inch ROKU ONN tv
Chris
Every stream says video unavailable.
Susan
PBS app on Roku won't open. Checked on three devices & 2 different internet services
Nancy
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.
Katie
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
Richard
We are receiving the video feed from our local PBS station but no sound. What's happening???
Lydia
The app won’t load. The yellow screen with the logo is all that loads. Frustrating as this happens a couple times every week!!
Diane
I cannot get live tv today on PBS
Number of Incidents
1 issues
Last incident
11 days ago
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
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.
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.
PBS Public last outage was on April 28, 2025 with the title "MVault Merge Tool Temporarily Disabled"
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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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