Mux outage: Elevated errors on Direct Uploads

Affected components

• Mux Video - VOD

1. monitoringOct 5, 2026, 20:32 UTC

   We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

2. monitoringOct 5, 2026, 20:31 UTC

   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

3. investigatingOct 5, 2026, 19:44 UTC

   We are investigating elevated error rates affecting Direct Uploads, thumbnails, gifs, subtitles, storyboards. Some customers may have experienced failures when creating or uploading to direct upload URLs

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 5, 2026, 19:48 UTCoperational → degraded
• Oct 5, 2026, 20:33 UTCdegraded → operational

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How often does Mux have incidents?

Mux reported 7 incidents in the last 90 days, 4 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 7h 28m. See Mux's uptime and incident history