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Status report

Netflix

Video streaming service

Official site

Current status

Netflix looks degraded

DegradedDegraded

Some signals suggest a possible issue — may be intermittent or regional.

Partially working — some features may be affected.

Issue score22 / 100
Low riskHigh risk
Data confidence55%

Score based on: probe results. No official status or user reports data available yet.

Evidence

Each independent source we read, in order of weight.

  • Community reports

    neutral

    No anonymous reports in the last 24 hours.

View 30-day incident history

Troubleshooting Netflix

  1. Check the official status page (linked above if available).
  2. Try a private/incognito window to rule out cache issues.
  3. Try a different browser or device.
  4. Switch from Wi-Fi to mobile data (or vice versa) to rule out local network issues.
  5. Disable any VPN or proxy temporarily.
  6. Clear your browser cache and cookies, then reload.
  7. Wait a few minutes — brief hiccups often resolve on their own.
Why does Netflix go down?

Netflix outages usually surface as titles failing to play, the home tab loading without content, or login problems on smart TVs — rather than the whole service going dark.

Common issues

  • Title-specific playback errors (NW-2-5, UI-800-3) that resolve by retrying or trying a different title.
  • Smart TV / Roku / Fire TV apps with auth issues independent of mobile and web.
  • Profile-switching glitches where one profile's continue-watching list disappears.
  • DRM / Widevine issues, particularly on browsers with extensions like ad-blockers.
  • CDN serving stale UI to specific ISPs while everyone else sees the latest.

What you can try

  • Try a different title before assuming the platform is down — many "outages" are content-specific.
  • Sign out and back in on the affected device only; a full reinstall is rarely needed.
  • Check help.netflix.com/en/is-netflix-down for the official outage page.

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