User reports
0
Near baseline. 0 in the last hour. Typical hour is about 0.
All services / Entertainment
Is PBS Public down?
The vendor's status page reports an issue. Our own checks and user reports have not confirmed a problem. Official status: Some components degraded (no active incident posted)
Source: the vendor's status page · We are not affiliated with PBS Public.
What to try while PBS Public is having problems
Estimated fix: Not enough PBS Public history yet; similar Entertainment outages lasted 16 min (median, typically 8 min–24 min; 31 outages).
- Downloaded content usually plays offline; otherwise try another device or the website.
Live diagnosis
Is it just me?
Finds the most likely layer (the service, your ISP or area, DNS, or your Wi-Fi) and gives two steps to try.
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Your browser → us—
Our checksReaching it
Official · ReportsMinor incident · Near baseline
DNS (1.1.1.1 · Google)—
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Connection—
Upstream—
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Checks by region
Reachable from all 4 regions we check from.
US East · ORDReachable272 ms · 22 min ago
US West · SJCReachable230 ms · 22 min ago
Europe · AMSReachable210 ms · 22 min ago
Asia-Pacific · KIXReachable1403 ms · 22 min ago
Live outage map
No reports in the last 24 hours.
Dots are whole states, provinces or countries, never exact locations. We never store IP addresses. Every report with a known place can appear on the map. Updates every minute.
What's broken
Recent reports
Each row is a time, a coarse place, and a problem type from a new report. Optional notes stay private. Places with fewer than 3 reports in the last 8 days are shown without a location.
No public reports yet.
Our checks
Reaching it
Last checked 22 min ago. Last stored result reached it in 449 ms.
Official status
Minor incident
Some components degraded (no active incident posted) Official status page
Reports and checks
Numbers behind the chart
| Time (UTC) | Reports | Baseline | Latency | Failed checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 277 ms | 0 |
| Nov 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 326 ms | 0 |
| Nov 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 194 ms | 0 |
| Nov 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 317 ms | 0 |
| Nov 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 223 ms | 0 |
| Nov 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 365 ms | 0 |
| Nov 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 201 ms | 0 |
| Nov 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 182 ms | 0 |
| Nov 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 ms | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 243 ms | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 248 ms | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 266 ms | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 288 ms | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 264 ms | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 262 ms | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 254 ms | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 222 ms | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 258 ms | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 ms | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 ms | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 262 ms | 0 |
| Nov 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 231 ms | 0 |
| Nov 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 268 ms | 0 |
| Nov 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 228 ms | 0 |
| Nov 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 301 ms | 0 |
| Nov 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 ms | 0 |
| Nov 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 311 ms | 0 |
| Nov 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 ms | 0 |
| Nov 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 782 ms | 0 |
Reliability
100% uptime · No user reports in the last 24h
90 days ago → today. Uptime is from our own HTTP checks; outages are incidents that lasted long enough to list. We have 8 days of data so far, so the 90-day numbers fill in over time.
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Past outages
No outages on record for PBS Public yet. Outages of 10 minutes or more get their own page here.
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About PBS Public
PBS Public, at pbs.org, is one of the Entertainment services we monitor. Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
PBS Public publishes an official status page at status.pbs.org; when we can read it, its incident level is folded into the status shown here.
Common problems for entertainment services: streams buffering or not starting, playback errors, and app sign-in problems.
Measured uptime from our checks: 100% over 8 days of checks. No public incidents logged since monitoring began 8 days ago.
Response time over the last 24 hours: 468 ms average, 154–1287 ms range across 13 successful checks.
Questions
Is PBS Public down right now?
The vendor's status page reports an issue. Our own checks and user reports have not confirmed a problem. Official status: Some components degraded (no active incident posted)
When was PBS Public last down?
We have not recorded a public PBS Public incident since monitoring began 8 days ago.
What is PBS Public's uptime?
From our own checks: 100% over 8 days of checks.
How fast does PBS Public respond?
468 ms on average over the last 24 hours (154–1287 ms). Latest regional checks: US East 272 ms, US West 230 ms, Europe 210 ms, Asia-Pacific 1403 ms.
Does PBS Public have an official status page?
Yes, at https://status.pbs.org.
PBS Public not working for me but the status is fine. What now?
It is usually local: try another browser or the app, switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, and clear the cache. For entertainment services, watch for streams buffering or not starting, playback errors, and app sign-in problems. If many people report PBS Public here at once, the problem is on PBS Public's side.
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