Is Plex Down? Current Status and Outages
Plex status updated
Current Plex status
Plex is working normally
IsDown last checked Plex status on at . We've received 11 user reports in the past 24 hours.
Monitoring since Jun 2021
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153 incidents caught
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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.
Outage Map
See where users report Plex is down. The map shows recent Plex outages from around the world.
Top locations, last 24h:
- United States
Recent Plex outage reports
See what users report when Plex is down and how Plex outages affect them.
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🇺🇸 United States of America
mike - server can't connect. remote access does not work. I have to hit retry and it connects, then it disconnects..
Remote Access -
🇺🇸 United States of America
No content to display on Roku app.
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🇺🇸 United States of America
Greg - Cannot log into Plex. Tried from multiple networks..
plex.tv - Authentication and API server -
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jack - My Plex Remote Access is down and won't connect, not sure if its a me thing or a whole plex server issue.
Remote Access -
🇺🇸 United States of America
J - Plex not working on Samsung TVs. Works fine on laptop or cell phone. Even the live channels show playback not working error. Everything was fine until update. Ive tried rolling back and even a clean install. Same result. Very dissapointed..
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🇺🇸 United States of America
can not connect to server even while on the server.
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🇺🇸 United States of America
The plex app is no longer working on any Samsung tvs. I get the message Playback Error An unexpected playback problem occurred every time I try to watch something..
Smart TV app -
🇺🇸 United States of America
plex is down. its not allowing any video to stream..
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🇨🇦 Canada
Plex won't connect on computer..
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🇺🇸 United States of America
wont log in keeps loading.
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🇩🇰 Denmark
Cannot stream my movies locally. Looks similar to event around a month ago..
Plex Downtime Health — Last 90 Days
In the last 90 days, Plex had 13 incidents (1 major outage and 12 minor incidents) with a median duration of 2 hours 10 minutes.
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Incidents
1
Major Outages
12
Minor Incidents
2
hour
Median Resolution
Recent Plex outages detected
Full incident reports for recent Plex outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.
| Title | IsDown detected At | Duration |
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We're investigating issues impacting API services for some users. This can affect account auth (s...
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Sep 03, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
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44 minutes |
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Playback of Plex Media Server content on Samsung TVs failed after the last version deployment
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Aug 20, 2026 at 12:41 PM UTC
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7 minutes |
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We're currently investigating issues affecting our plex.direct DNS resolvers. You may experience ...
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Jul 27, 2026 at 02:38 PM UTC
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about 3 hours |
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We’re investigating issues affecting media metadata. You may experience slow responses or failure...
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Jul 22, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC
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about 15 hours |
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We’re currently investigating issues affecting Discover Together. You may experience trouble acce...
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Jul 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC
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about 15 hours |
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We’re investigating issues affecting program guide data for our Live TV features. You may experie...
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Jul 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC
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about 15 hours |
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We’re currently investigating issues affecting our free Movies & Shows streaming. You may experie...
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Jul 22, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC
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about 15 hours |
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We’re investigating issues affecting program guide data for our Live TV features. You may experie...
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Jul 14, 2026 at 03:42 PM UTC
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about 2 hours |
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We’re currently investigating issues affecting our free Movies & Shows streaming. You may experie...
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Jul 14, 2026 at 03:39 PM UTC
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about 2 hours |
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We're currently investigating issues affecting Discover Together. You may experience trouble acce...
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Jul 14, 2026 at 03:37 PM UTC
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about 2 hours |
Plex Components Status
Check if any Plex component is down. View the current status of 20 services and regions.
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OK
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OK
Datadog US1
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MINOR
Notion
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MINOR
NetSuite
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OK
Kaltura EU
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OK
Philo
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OK
Apollo Group TV
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OK
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 1 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 September 02, 2026 with the title "Issues with plex.tv API"
How often does Plex go down?
IsDown has tracked 150 Plex incidents since June 2021. When Plex goes down, incidents typically resolve within 353 minutes.
Is Plex down for everyone or just me?
Check the Plex status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether Plex is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.
What Plex components does IsDown monitor?
IsDown monitors 37 Plex components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.
How to check if Plex is down?
- Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
- IsDown continuously monitors the Plex status page and multiple sources to provide up-to-date information. Check back with us for the latest Plex uptime status.
Why use IsDown to monitor Plex 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 Plex 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 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.
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