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[Fixed] It’s not just you: YouTube was down in widespread outage

As of Wednesday afternoon (PT), most users cannot watch YouTube videos, with various playback errors popping up.

Update: As of 5:30 p.m. PT, this issue has been resolved.


On youtube.com, we’re seeing “An error occurred. Please try again later” on every video. Similarly, the YouTube apps on Android and iOS show a “Something went wrong” message. You can browse YouTube (including channel pages and search), but nothing plays upon selecting a video.

In addition to the main service, we’re also having issues with YouTube Music where streaming fails. Offline downloads continue to play. We’re encountering these problems in the US and Europe.

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We’re not seeing any issues with YouTube TV (in the US). No other Google services (Workspace or Cloud) are currently impacted.

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