Outage in PBS

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

Minor

September 04, 2026 - Started about 23 hours ago
Official incident page

Incident Report

Our engineering team is currently investigating reports of errors loading the PBS App on all platforms and playing videos on pbs.org.

Components affected

PBS Mobile and OTT Apps PBS Website PBS Video Portal PBS Partner Player

Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

MONITORING about 21 hours ago - at 09/04/2026 08:12AM

A fix has been implemented. Normal functioning has been restored to the PBS App, pbs.org, and station video portals.
We will continue to monitor in case any further mitigation is needed.

INVESTIGATING about 23 hours ago - at 09/04/2026 06:53AM

Our engineering team is currently investigating reports of errors loading the PBS App on all platforms and playing videos on pbs.org.

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