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Is Plex Down? Plex Status & Outages

Plex status updated

What is Plex status right now?

Plex is working normally

IsDown last checked Plex status on at . We've received 157 user reports in the past 24 hours.
Monitoring since Jun 2021 · 138 incidents caught · 37 components tracked in real-time
Plex not working for you?

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

Plex outage map showing where users report when Plex is down

See where users report Plex is down. The map shows recent Plex outages from around the world.

Top locations, last 24h:

  • United States
  • Canada
Plex Outage Map

Recent Plex outage reports

See what users report when Plex is down and how Plex outages affect them.

  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    Tv app down. Phone app functional..

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    Stiixgirl - I have Plex Pass yet none of my users can log into their accounts. My account isn't even available, I keep getting a message that Plex.tv is down..

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    Droo - plex.tv is unreachable and as a result the watchlist is not available. Streaming content from my plex server locally and remotely is still working, however, and I can reach app.plex.tv in my browser and plex apps without issue.

  • 🇦🇺 Australia

    plex services and authentication unavailable.

  • 🇨🇦 Canada

    Plex app just spins on iPhone. Reinstalled app and just spins after clicking login. Seems to to an issue with their authentication service at least..

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    cannot access any plex servers or download any plex updates.

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    jdawg0024 - Remote play is not working, The app loads a black screen.

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    can't connect to plex.tv can't even log into the forum to report it's down.

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    RB - Watch list not reachable, can’t login to forums..

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    plex web site initially starts to load but is unresponsive.

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    I get the "content Unavailable" window, since the most recent Windows updates. Unable to play videos on any of my connected devices. I am able to play videos with other players..

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    Plex won’t load, quits before it loads. Happens on Roku ultra and Vizio smart tv..

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    Plex unavailable - Maryland 21144; app crashes, web just spins..

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    Can't sign in. Can't view content on local server..

  • 🇺🇸 United States of America

    Plex Server and Plex Clients not working on local network. Troubleshooting Guide doesn't load either..

Early detection is everything

User reports often detect issues before official status pages acknowledge them. Learn how crowdsourced monitoring combined with official status pages provides faster outage detection than relying on either approach alone.

Plex Downtime Health — Last 90 Days

In the last 90 days, Plex had 8 incidents (2 major outages and 6 minor incidents) with a median duration of 56 minutes.

Total
8

Incidents

Critical
2

Major Outages

Warning
6

Minor Incidents

Duration
56 minute

Median Resolution

Recent Plex outages detected

Full incident reports for recent Plex outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.

40 minutes
Apr 23, 2026 at 07:55 PM
Detected 1 minute before
about 19 hours
Apr 16, 2026 at 07:52 PM
Detected 2 minutes before
about 2 hours
Apr 08, 2026 at 04:34 PM
35 minutes
Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports
Apr 05, 2026 at 08:24 PM
Never acknowledged
about 1 hour
Apr 02, 2026 at 06:55 AM
about 1 hour
Mar 19, 2026 at 01:18 PM
about 3 hours
Mar 09, 2026 at 02:47 PM
29 minutes
Feb 10, 2026 at 02:00 PM
about 1 hour
Dec 05, 2025 at 04:02 AM
about 6 hours
Nov 06, 2025 at 09:23 PM
View complete Plex outage history

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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 2 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 April 23, 2026 with the title "Issues with plex.tv API"

How often does Plex go down?

IsDown has tracked 135 Plex incidents since June 2021. When Plex goes down, incidents typically resolve within 235 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.

Reports by users in other services in the last 12 hours