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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.

Roku Outage Chart 02/14/2026 09:10

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (28%)

    Sign in (28%)

  2. Crashing (25%)

    Crashing (25%)

  3. Buffering (22%)

    Buffering (22%)

  4. Playback Issues (21%)

    Playback Issues (21%)

  5. Video Quality (3%)

    Video Quality (3%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesSherburne Playback Issues
United StatesHornbeak Crashing
BoliviaLa Paz Crashing
United StatesHarrogate Sign in
United StatesGainesville Crashing
United StatesOcean City Buffering
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Roku Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Beyon_D Dustin Gay (@Beyon_D) reported

    @Roku @YouTubeTV error licensing this video on every channel. Can I get some help?

  • CelticScenes Celtic Scenes (@CelticScenes) reported

    @YouTubeTV come home and all of a sudden all my accounts, all my shows live and recorded say licensing issue playback error. I've sent feedback. Checked my roku app was up to date. Reset the roku a few times.... Any one else?

  • JustJoe89728843 JustJoe (@JustJoe89728843) reported

    @slinganswers No problem. Roku.. FREE streaming is working fine. Might have to take this into consideration

  • HoHo_Oh_No Horace Granero (@HoHo_Oh_No) reported

    @slinganswers Sling app has really been messing up lately. There is no picture on the recording page. The app is slow. Now I'm getting Error 8-702 on both my PC and Roku!!!! This is not acceptable!!!

  • alysdrake Alys Drake (@alysdrake) reported from Memphis, Tennessee

    @YouTubeTV our app is not working on Roku. Any advice?

  • Tricia072710 Tricia (@Tricia072710) reported

    @YouTubeTV having issues with the tv app watching anything but cnn. But can watch everything on my phone. Running Roku tv

  • RedHoodedRants Big Hair Energy in 2022 (@RedHoodedRants) reported

    @TeamYouTube @Turbayveronica Glad you’re working on it. Oddly it’s not working on my roku but I’m using it right now on my phone.

  • A_Beverage_Here mth (@A_Beverage_Here) reported

    @HBOMaxHelp @K_Curry_ It's everything HBO max. You know this. It's roku. Its fire TV. It Chromecast. It's xbox. It's playstation. It's every streaming device. You hang. You clearly don't know why but it's for a higher up engineer than than the help desk on Twitter to figure out.

  • BlackHammer1976 Black Hammer (@BlackHammer1976) reported

    @slinganswers Also trouble shooting does nothing removed sling app nothing reset Roku nothing still 8-702 don’t understand if it is a technical issue why are you telling people to DM you to try troubleshooting it.

  • BrookeEveler Brooke Eveler (@BrookeEveler) reported

    @PopContrarian ESPN iPhone app is the ONLY place I could get it to play - both Roku and website were giving me the same connection errors you posted

  • imNoBloodyHero Matt D. (@imNoBloodyHero) reported

    @J_Percell @WashSpirit I keep getting a connection error on my roku. Don't know how to fix it!

  • IllinoisExposed Political Corruption Exposed - Illinois (@IllinoisExposed) reported

    @slinganswers Local channels working through air tv but no cable station will play. 8-702 error. On all 3 Roku devices. All updated and operating other streaming apps.

  • Marecat1103 Mare D (@Marecat1103) reported

    @YouTube App I’m not working on Roku or smart tv in Rochester NY

  • Tony10283 Tony1028 (@Tony10283) reported from Raleigh, North Carolina

    @YouTubeTV I cant watch your app on my phone or any of my roku's. Error stating something with licensing. What's going on?

  • footdocbyday Mark Davids (@footdocbyday) reported

    @RokuSupport Are there issues with the Roku tonight? Getting play back errors on all channels

  • tinylittlerock2 tinylittlerocks (@tinylittlerock2) reported

    are people actually able to stream this #USWNT game? cus espn is not working on both Roku, phone and SlingTV

  • VoniVodka Black Colored Voni (@VoniVodka) reported

    @blackmxst Idk @hamsterwatch said the feeds aren’t working for some reason. They work on my roku as of right now

  • SWMN_SportsGuy Citizen/OA Sports (@SWMN_SportsGuy) reported

    @YouTubeTV Are you having transmission issues? Nothing is playing on our Roku when we click on it.

  • WheelsinRI Todd Wheeler (@WheelsinRI) reported

    @PhilBessler @YouTubeTV Not working on Roku

  • BoSoxFan82 Justin Lonie (@BoSoxFan82) reported

    @YouTubeTV all of my local channels are giving me a playback error. It’s been happening for over an hour. I’ve reset my fire stick, closed out the app, deleted and reinstalled the app, and it still doesn’t work. Happening on my Roku as well. #problem #yttv

  • brynjms Brian Van Bruggen (@brynjms) reported

    @YouTubeTV what's the issue. I keep getting a playback error message on my Roku. It says there was an error licensing this video. It's on multiple channels. What's up? Please fix!

  • mrmikeycolgate mrmikeyc (@mrmikeycolgate) reported

    @YouTubeTV Any chance that this broke everything since TV service is completely unavailable via fire TV Roku Desktop for Northern and Central Indiana. I swear to god if you tell me to update, restart, or re-login to fix this, I will be pissed.

  • Ann7837 Ann 🇺🇦 (@Ann7837) reported

    @slinganswers Constant error codes 8-702 and 28-30 on TV thru Roku

  • CavemanAdvocate Caveman Advocate (@CavemanAdvocate) reported

    @dave_doyle @YouTubeTV @Roku Yes. Getting a black screen, then several minutes later a playback licensing issue. Everything else works on my network and other roku channels, so it’s a yttv app problem.

  • Marecat1103 Mare D (@Marecat1103) reported

    @TeamYouTube @YouTubeTV Not working on roku or smart tv apps. I hope there aren’t problems going forward. I just switched from Spectrum and would hate to go back!

  • ThreadbareDsign Karen Stickney (@ThreadbareDsign) reported

    @TeamYouTube YouTube TV isn't streaming any channels, tho it previews them. I've checked for updates and restarted my Roku - any help??

  • DaleZacher Dale Zacher (@DaleZacher) reported

    @bradkporter @YouTubeTV @YouTube Down in Minnesota both on Roku and Phone app. Says error with licensing on all channels

  • donek311 Don Noble (@donek311) reported

    Took logging into the web interface to see that @YouTubeTV is aware of and working on the issue. I would've just kept sending you all error logs from my Roku otherwise, haha #YouTubeDOWN

  • jdarrell1958 J Darrell (@jdarrell1958) reported

    Well I keep getting "error licensing" this video. Looks like Google forgot to pay their bills! No it's down on Roku but it is fully functional on the Android App.

  • Bri62 Brian (@Bri62) reported

    @TeamYouTube Having playback issues on all channels on the tcl Roku tv…