Plex Users Encounter Streaming Issues with Movies and Shows

Plex services faced significant disruptions on Tuesday, with numerous users voicing their frustrations on forums and social media. Many rely on Plex to stream their locally hosted shows and movies, so the reported issues were particularly disappointing.

“Basically all Plex is down unless you can play locally over LAN, and even that takes ages and doesn’t always work,” one user noted. Others encountered difficulties with content matching on their servers. Personally, I found the Plex TV website sluggish at first, but it began to load more consistently as I continued writing.

Plex acknowledged the problems, with their status page initially indicating issues with free streaming movies and shows, the plex.tv API, Discover Together, and live TV program guide data. These issues persisted for a couple of hours, but the status page now indicates that Plex is “fully operational.”

The company has not yet responded to requests for further information.

Update, July 14th: The issues seem to be resolved.