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Roku status: streaming issues and outage reports

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: crashing, sign in and buffering.

Full Outage Map

Roku players are a series of digital video & media players manufactured by Roku, Inc. Roku partners provide over-the-top content in the form of channels used to stream TV and movies.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Roku reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

May 14: Problems at Roku

Roku is having issues since 03:10 AM IST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Roku users through our website.

  • 28% Crashing (28%)
  • 27% Sign in (27%)
  • 20% Buffering (20%)
  • 20% Playback Issues (20%)
  • 5% Video Quality (5%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Roku outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Oriximiná Buffering 20 minutes ago
New York City Crashing 24 hours ago
Denver Crashing 1 day ago
New York City Playback Issues 1 day ago
Statham Buffering 1 day ago
Madison Sign in 1 day ago
Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Roku Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ashubert
    A Shubert (@ashubert) reported

    @Ask_Spectrum is there any plan to fix the "last channel" function on app for @Roku using the RW button. Functioned for years & it just stopped. Every Roku I have no longer has this function. It's really annoying to not be able toggle back/forward. V15.2 B:0

  • Atherworld
    Kevin Stern (@Atherworld) reported

    @DisneyPlus Your Roku TV App won't work. Anything I try to watch comes up as a black screen. I can see things when fast forwarding/rewinding, but playing is a black screen. I did not just renew for the month to not watch your programming you know.

  • Primetime_TB
    Primetime 📺 (@Primetime_TB) reported

    Finally watching @this_is_acw After Shock. Starting from beginning. Had issues with devices so eventually settled in on canceling the subscription through @Roku and then subscribing to @Triller_TV+ itself and hopefully this will let me watch it on 2 tvs.

  • HippieChic82
    Watermelon Sugar (Bisan's version) (@HippieChic82) reported

    Even after buying a brand new HDMI wire I am still getting the ************* error code PLYB_122. A ******* 8k capable wire. What in the ******* hell @Verizon or @roku??

  • Ask_Spectrum
    Ask Spectrum (@Ask_Spectrum) reported

    @showdedoop My apologies for the Roku problems with our internet services. I know that can be very frustrating. I would be happy to look into this for you. Please DM me. Don. .

  • JD99977
    JJJ (@JD99977) reported

    @Roku I had the worst experience with Aileen in support chat. She was very rude and unhelpful. I love Roku but this is making me very unhappy. I have an overheating device and she said she had to confirm it was overheating before she could help. I mean im telling her. 😞

  • MaryAshbaugh6
    Mary Ashbaugh (@MaryAshbaugh6) reported

    @Roku fix your ESPN app please. Tired of the games going backwards and freezing up.

  • alex_mayorga
    alex_mayorga (@alex_mayorga) reported

    @scast86 @GetflixAU Did they give you a fix or workaround perhaps? Our @Roku just says there's no network whatsoever.

  • Smoke3x
    (Rebəl) Shane (@Smoke3x) reported

    @Roku your @espn app is STILL screwed up! Y’all need to fix it!

  • inkredableXR
    snow hamas (@inkredableXR) reported

    get my HBO app to work or send me a new tv @RokuSupport @Roku

  • OhioBrian
    Brian Hoyt (@OhioBrian) reported

    Who else is having serious lag and spooling on @YouTubeTV tonight on @Roku. No other streaming services have issues. Yes, I have restarted the app and the whole #Roku This seems to happening more and more. The service was more reliable before they started jacking up prices

  • revscottd
    Scott (@revscottd) reported

    Our @Shentel internet has been out all day. That means no cable tv (because they stream it now), no phone (because our home phone relies on the internet) and @Roku tv’s have to have internet so the app to watch over the air antenna tv can work. 1/2

  • harty2you
    Alan Hartland (@harty2you) reported

    @Roku hi, I live in the UK, I have a Roku streaming stick I bought in November 2025 from Tesco. I have had no problems with it until today. I am not able to use BBC iPlayer app. I have done all the resets but still not working. All other TV apps are ok ?

  • acaseofthetwit
    [a case of the blog] (@acaseofthetwit) reported

    I normally love my @Roku — I have one for each TV! — but my living room one has been a real issue. The remote randomly stopped working and the device itself now reboots itself multiple times a day (often in the middle of viewing something). Very annoying.

  • ahayes7
    Andy Hayes (@ahayes7) reported

    Need help from @DisneyPlus and @Roku ! My 4 year old son was pushing buttons and now I’m getting charged $12.99 a month. Need help stopping and reversing this!

  • Shayne_McKee_
    Dr. GigaDad, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP (@Shayne_McKee_) reported

    @enhanced_games @Roku @ResortsWorldLV Crazy that it took you until now to announce where you’ll be hosting the games. Terrible marketing.

  • _shelbzilla
    shelbzilla (@_shelbzilla) reported

    youtube forcing all brand accounts to be shown on roku is very annoying. i thought for sure they would fix that but it's been like 2 years. i should be able to choose which of my accounts are visible!

  • hope_britt
    Brittney (@hope_britt) reported

    @DIRECTV & @Roku count your days! Why would you allow a customer to sign up via Roku and thru your services for the same exact product. Why tf would i sign up for the same sorry *** service twice! & for @Roku not to issue refunds after I’ve been charged twice is crazy

  • thewanderer2020
    The wanderer (@thewanderer2020) reported

    @Fightincowboy @Crunchyroll My back button isn’t working anywhere on any Roku remote. Multiple TVs with the same issue. @Roku

  • cmducote1227
    Chris Ducote (@cmducote1227) reported

    @hulu_support @cole_fine Same issue here! Live channels are down. Trying to watch on Roku and all channels are stuck on a loop. Also tried on the iPhone app and get error code p-dev318.

  • dsean
    Sean N.🔫 (@dsean) reported

    I've already done all of the troubleshooting suggestions. None have worked. The only device your service has an issue with is a Roku stick 3600X on a Starlink network. Every other app works fine. It's just the Hulu app that has performance issues. And by that I mean the video and audio on both live and DVR'd shows are out of sync and usually crash after a few minutes (if that). The workaround is to go to a different TV or to use a different app - i.e. use Disney+ to watch shows because it works there but not on your app. A recent example is the new Librarians show. Works fine on the TNT app using Hulu's login (though I have to sit through ads). Completely unwatchable on the Hulu app. Barely plays off the cloud DVR with out of sync audio and crashes the app every 2 minutes or so.

  • tdotcade
    Tells, MBA (@tdotcade) reported

    @Roku Disney Plus isn’t working on my Roku Ultra. Hasn’t been for over a week. Fix this.

  • ElBick8
    Liam Matthew (@ElBick8) reported

    Have we as a society been too quiet about how awful tv remote controls are? Fire stick? Roku??? These things are the mini muffins of remotes and I will not stand for it

  • Justlivingonea2
    Justlivingonearth (@Justlivingonea2) reported

    @Roku Roku refuses to let me login to my HBO Max account. Now HBO says email and password don’t look right. Yet when I use the Vizio remote, there’s no problem. 🤷🏼

  • CbuckHerrick
    ChuckHerrick (@CbuckHerrick) reported

    @Roku Help. Return to me freezes and locks up.

  • TwittaElite
    🤔🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ (@TwittaElite) reported

    Contacted @RokuSupport last week after their own service (@TheRokuChannel) stopped working properly. A week and a half later, it's still not working. So glad I don't have a subscription through the Roku Channel or I'd be upset.

  • rikkiratliff
    Rikki Ratliff (@rikkiratliff) reported

    @james37144 @Roku It's working for a lot of people but as Glenn said on radio and on the Commuity page it still needs polishing but we tried to get it up in time to work out the kinks before the special.

  • 1catherinesiena
    Catherine of Siena (@1catherinesiena) reported

    What’s the problem @directv with logging into my account for my @Roku ? The login hasn’t changed as in password until you’ve stated otherwise in my several attempts to access through my Roku. Further makes no sense since other TV/Roku in household is ‘up’ right now.

  • msnonothing1
    ((MS__no__nothing)) 👨‍🦼🎗💙🔯 (@msnonothing1) reported

    @Roku FIX your apps already. ViaPlay, Howdy. Hire some good techs & earn your money. Two days now. Shame on you. @RokuSupport & tell your AI bot what go sod yourself means...

  • RichCEOAlpha
    Vash (old account suspended) (@RichCEOAlpha) reported

    Bro @Roku I hate you I tried turning the brightness up on my tv but now its pitch black and I can’t ******* fix it what ******** #rokusbiggesthater