Is Plex down?

Working normallyChecked

Plex says everything is working.

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Plex's last 90 days

Problems reported
14
Time with problems
6 days 16 h
Major outages
16 h 16 min
Last problem
20 Oct
90 days agoToday
  • No problems
  • Some problems
  • Major outage
  • Planned work
  • No record yet

Recent problems

  1. Marketing site is down

    Some problems · 2 h 55 min

  2. 401 responses for Luma requests with proxy token

    Some problems · 10 h 20 min

  3. my-plex pods resolved DB's DNS to old/blue DB instead of new/green one

    Some problems · 3 h 29 min

  4. No AVOD ads on iOS or tvOS

    Some problems · 16 h 1 min

  5. plex.direct name resolution

    Some problems · 2 h 47 min

  6. Outbound connection issue from our prod-us-east-1 kubernetes cluster

    Some problems · 52 min

  7. Watch-Together - Rooms creation failure

    Major outage · 17 min

  8. DNS Issues with plex.tv API

    Major outage · 36 min

What Plex reports on

  • Authentication and API server (plex.tv)Working
  • Plex website (www.plex.tv)Working
  • Hosted web app (app.plex.tv)Working
  • Chromecast appWorking
  • Authentication/Login pageWorking
  • Smart TV appWorking
  • Devices Messaging Services (PubSub)Working
  • Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - USWorking
  • Live TV and TV Program Guide Data - EuropeWorking
  • meta.plex.tvWorking
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  • metadata.provider.plex.tv - EuropeWorking
  • metadata.provider.plex.tv - USWorking
  • mp.plex.tv / ump.plex.tv / mpm.plex.tvWorking
  • Music metadata searchWorking
  • Subtitles searchWorking
  • plex.direct DNS serversWorking
  • Relay serviceWorking
  • Remote connectivity testsWorking
  • Blog comments (Disqus)Working
  • Content Delivery Network (Cloudflare)Working
  • Forums (Discourse)Working
  • Payment Processor (Braintree)Working
  • Account-related emails delivery (Sendgrid)Working
  • AVOD - USWorking
  • AVOD - EuropeWorking

If Plex isn't working

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Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.

Is Plex safe to use?

Facts from its own public records, checked every day.

Fake emails in its name
Blocked. Emails pretending to come from plex.tv are rejected by inboxes. Check your own domain with LeadLamp
Secure connection
Yes. Its website certificate is valid until 10 Mar 2027 (issued by DigiCert Inc).
Security contact
Published. It tells security researchers how to report problems (a security.txt file).
Known data breaches
1 listed. Have I Been Pwned lists: Plex, July 2015 (327,314 accounts).

Checked 21 Oct 2026 from plex.tv's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).

About Plex

Streams your own media library and free TV.

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