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Plex Outage History

Every past Plex outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 134 Plex outages since February 2018. The 14 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Major April 16, 2026

April 2026: Issues with plex.tv API

Detected Apr 16, 2026 11:52 PM UTC · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 6:50 PM UTC · Duration about 19 hours

Plex experienced a major outage affecting their API services for 19 hours, causing issues with user authentication (sign-in and PIN verification), account creation, and access to Downloads page items. Users encountered slow responses and service failures during this period. The issue was resolved with an implemented fix and the service was returned to monitoring status.

Minor April 8, 2026

April 2026: Plex DNS issues

Detected Apr 8, 2026 8:34 PM UTC · Resolved Apr 8, 2026 10:37 PM UTC · Duration about 2 hours

Plex experienced DNS server issues with their backend plex.direct infrastructure for 2.1 hours, causing users to be unable to access the service from outside their home networks. The company deployed a fix and monitored the resolution to restore normal service functionality.

Minor April 2, 2026

April 2026: Issues with plex.tv API

Detected Apr 2, 2026 10:55 AM UTC · Resolved Apr 2, 2026 12:00 PM UTC · Duration about 1 hour

Plex experienced API service issues that affected user authentication (sign-in and PIN verification), account creation, and access to Downloads page items, with users reporting "Plex is not reachable" errors and slow responses. The incident impacted some users for approximately 1.1 hours before being resolved.

Minor March 19, 2026

March 2026: Issues with plex.tv API

Detected Mar 19, 2026 5:18 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 19, 2026 6:05 PM UTC · Duration about 1 hour

Plex experienced API service issues that affected some users' ability to sign in, verify PINs, create accounts, and access Downloads page items, with users experiencing slow responses or service failures. The incident lasted 47 minutes before a fix was deployed. Plex resolved the issue and continued monitoring to ensure stability.

Minor March 9, 2026

March 2026: Issues with services in EU

Detected Mar 9, 2026 6:47 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 9, 2026 10:10 PM UTC · Duration about 3 hours

Plex experienced slow and dropped responses in the EU region for 3.4 hours, affecting Live TV, TV Program Guide Data, AVOD services, and metadata provider services. The incident impacted European users' ability to access television content and program information reliably. A fix was implemented and monitored before the issue was fully resolved.