Pbs status is pending verification.

Where does Uptimus get the official Pbs status?

Uptimus reads the official Pbs status source and normalizes its incidents, maintenance windows and component states. The links below let you verify the provider information directly. Pbs Status Page: https://status.pbs.org Pbs Home Page: https://www.pbs.org

Pbs says it is up, but I am having issues. What could be wrong?

The official page may not yet reflect a new incident, the problem may affect only a small group of accounts or one region, or it may be local to your device, network, software or ISP. Check the affected components and community reports above, test another connection or device, and contact Pbs support if the problem continues.

How can I check whether Pbs is having issues?

Compare the normalized status and recent incidents on this page with the official provider source. Uptimus keeps official component changes, maintenance, community reports and recent incident details together so you can distinguish a broad outage from a local problem.

How to get notified about Pbs outages?

Add Pbs to your Uptimus workspace, then choose the event types and delivery channels you want to use. Depending on your plan and configuration, alerts can be sent by email, push, webhook or configured integrations for major outages, smaller issues, maintenance and recovery. If Pbs exposes components, you can monitor all of them or restrict official alerts to the products your team uses.

Last checked Aug 26, 12:57 PM UTC

Pbs status

Streaming platform for PBS dramas, news, documentaries, and more.

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Last 24 hours

Status verification pending
The latest official observation is not fresh enough to confirm current service health.
Official provider status
Aug 26, 12:57 PM UTC
Official maintenance active
AIM Interruptions — The AIM interstitials should be working again as expected. If you still see any issues, please submit a ticket at digitalsupport.pbs.org with details.
Official provider status
Jan 22, 4:20 PM UTC

Pbs outage reports

0 individual report entries in the last 24 hours. This list includes legacy imports; external source aggregates are shown in the chart.

No recent outage reports

No community outage reports have been submitted for this service in the last 24 hours.

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Pbs status history

Official status observations, not measured service uptime.

Pbs components

Component name	Status
Pbs LearningMedia — LearningMedia Website status	Up
Pbs APIs — Media Manager API - Read status	Up
PBS KIDS — PBS KIDS Website status	Up
PBS Website status	Up
Pbs LearningMedia — LearningMedia Search API status	Up
Pbs APIs — Media Manager API - Write status	Up
PBS KIDS — PBS KIDS Activate status	Up
PBS Video Portal status	Up
PBS KIDS — PBS KIDS OTT App status	Up
PBS Partner Player status	Up

Pbs incident history

Official incidents, early warnings and community reports are identified separately. Early warning history covers only the last 24 hours. Dates use your time zone.

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Incident name	Duration	StartedUTC	Acknowledged	Severity
Official statusResolved	80h 3m	Jul 31, 20263:53 PM UTC	Yes	Unknown
Official statusResolved	170h 40m	Jun 22, 20262:22 PM UTC	Yes	Major
Official statusResolved	24h 10m	Jun 16, 20263:26 PM UTC	Yes	Minor
Official statusResolved	89h 23m	Jun 4, 202610:09 PM UTC	Yes	Major
Official statusResolved	3h 10m	Apr 27, 20263:05 PM UTC	Yes	Minor
Official statusResolved	67h 12m	Mar 9, 20265:16 PM UTC	Yes	Minor
Official statusResolved	1h 24m	Feb 11, 20263:18 PM UTC	Yes	Minor
Official statusResolved	15h 58m	Feb 10, 20269:29 PM UTC	Yes	Minor

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About Pbs monitoring on Uptimus

Uptimus monitors Pbs through its official status source and normalizes published incidents, maintenance windows and component health into one consistent service status.

This page currently includes 81 monitored components, 52 indexed incidents, 8 maintenance windows and 4 days of known history.

Uptimus is an independent monitoring service and is not affiliated with Pbs. A healthy status does not guarantee that every user, device or region is unaffected.

How Uptimus monitors Pbs

Get notified when Pbs or one of its monitored components reports a major outage or another critical service disruption. Alerts can be routed through the notification channels enabled for your workspace, including email, push and configured integrations. The available history contains 52 indexed incidents, giving each alert context beyond the current status. A recent indexed incident was “Lagging and Time-outs Affecting Multiple Platforms”.

Get notified about degraded performance, partial impact and smaller incidents that do not represent a complete outage. Uptimus currently tracks 81 Pbs components: LearningMedia Website, Media Manager API - Read, PBS KIDS Website, PBS Website. Alerts can be routed through the notification channels enabled for your workspace, including email, push and configured integrations.

Maintenance notifications

Scheduled maintenance

Planned work published by the official provider.

AIM Interruptions
Maintenance
The AIM interstitials should be working again as expected. If you still see any issues, please submit a ticket at digitalsupport.pbs.org with details.
Started Jan 21, 2026, 06:17 PM UTC · Ongoing
Scheduled Akamai Maintenance for Social PBS Accounts
Resolved
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Started Feb 8, 2024, 10:00 AM UTC · Resolved Feb 8, 2024, 11:00 AM UTC
Transaction Vault DB migration
Resolved
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Started Sep 8, 2021, 08:30 AM UTC · Resolved Sep 8, 2021, 09:00 AM UTC
MVault will be down for maintenance on 07/12/21 at 2:30am Eastern for approximately 30 minutes
Resolved
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Started Jul 12, 2021, 06:30 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 12, 2021, 07:00 AM UTC
Planned Maintenance for Media Manager and Station Manager Services
Resolved
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Started Jul 6, 2021, 08:00 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 6, 2021, 09:33 AM UTC
Scheduled Curate Maintenance
Resolved
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Started Oct 15, 2020, 03:30 AM UTC · Resolved Oct 15, 2020, 01:30 PM UTC
Scheduled Curate Maintenance
Resolved
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Started Oct 5, 2020, 03:30 AM UTC · Resolved Oct 5, 2020, 01:30 PM UTC
Scheduled maintenance is in progress for Media Manager console/API
Resolved
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Started May 6, 2020, 05:30 AM UTC · Resolved May 6, 2020, 06:30 AM UTC

Receive alerts when Pbs publishes planned, scheduled or active maintenance affecting the service. Uptimus has indexed 8 maintenance windows from the available Pbs history. Alerts can be routed through the notification channels enabled for your workspace, including email, push and configured integrations.

Recovery notifications

Know when Pbs or an affected component returns to healthy operation after an issue or outage. The current page contains 4 days of known status history, while resolved events remain available for later review. Alerts can be routed through the notification channels enabled for your workspace, including email, push and configured integrations.

Status messages

Uptimus stores the incident headline published by Pbs and presents it with the normalized service status. The available history contains 52 indexed incidents, giving each alert context beyond the current status. A recent indexed incident was “Lagging and Time-outs Affecting Multiple Platforms”.

Status details

Incident and maintenance updates are preserved so you can follow investigations, mitigations and recovery progress. A recent official update preserved by Uptimus reads: “This incident has been fully resolved. Our engineering team's investigation and resolution will help to prevent further incidents and will improve our network/platform stability and performance moving forward. If any viewers still report any issues, we woul…”.

Component status filtering

Choose all components or only the Pbs products you use. Official alerts then respect that component selection. Uptimus currently tracks 81 Pbs components: LearningMedia Website, Media Manager API - Read, PBS KIDS Website, PBS Website. Filtering changes which official alerts are delivered; it does not remove the provider's events from the public history.

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Comparison

Uptimus vs Downdetector for Pbs

Downdetector public pages are led by user reports. Uptimus combines community activity with official provider incidents, maintenance windows and component health when the source publishes them.

Uptimus vs Downdetector for Pbs
Comparison criteria	Uptimus	Downdetector
Community outage reports for Pbs	Included	Included
Adaptive baseline that separates isolated reports from wider disruption	Included	Included
24-hour report activity and regional outage view	Included	Included
One workspace for websites, provider status pages, Steam games and Android apps and games	Included	Separate product
Email, push and webhook alerts from the same workspace	Included	Separate product
Official incident updates and status timeline for Pbs	Included	User-report led
Component health and maintenance windows kept separate	Included	Limited on public pages

IncludedUser-report led · Limited on public pagesSeparate product

The current official status of Pbs cannot be verified. The latest stored provider observation indicated normal operation. 0 reports were recorded for Pbs in the last 24 hours. Last official check: Aug 26, 12:57 PM UTC.

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