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YouTube Restores Service After Global Outage Disrupts Video Playback

Google has not issued a global root cause, with Google Korea citing a security update rollback.

Overview

  • TeamYouTube acknowledged problems across YouTube, YouTube Music, and YouTube TV and later confirmed services were resolved.
  • Downdetector recorded hundreds of thousands of reports in the United States at the peak, with issues also logged in Europe and Asia.
  • The disruption lasted roughly an hour for many users, with errors including black screens, playback failures, and app crashes.
  • Google Korea told regulators a security and spam‑prevention update blocked user requests and was rolled back to restore service.
  • An account claiming a DDoS attack took credit on X, but news outlets reported no verification of that claim.