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Stranger Things Season 5 Debut Triggers Brief Netflix Outage

Netflix said TV streaming recovered in five minutes despite thousands of error reports logged by outage trackers.

Overview

  • Volume One of the final season dropped on Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. ET, and some viewers were unable to start streaming immediately.
  • Netflix said an issue affected some TV devices and that service was restored for all accounts within five minutes.
  • Downdetector recorded roughly 14,000 problem reports in the U.S. and about 200 in India soon after the release.
  • Outage.Report timestamped a roughly 22-minute disruption and displayed a generic error message for affected users.
  • The staggered rollout continues with three more episodes on Dec. 25 and a limited theatrical finale on Dec. 31.