Vimeo reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on Jan 14, 2026, 21:56 UTC. It was resolved after 14 min.
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Unfortunately, we determined that failed uploads from recordings cannot be recovered, and we recommend deleting these videos from your library, and re-recording the video. We apologize for the inconvenience.
We detected and fixed an issue with recorded videos, where the upload would fail after the recording finished. These videos will appear in your library, stuck in the "Upload pending" state. As of approx. 4:30pm Eastern, all new recordings are uploading successfully. We are currently investigating the backlog of failed uploads.
We are currently investigating this issue.
Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Vimeo's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.
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Vimeo reported 3 incidents in the last 90 days, 2 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 6m. See Vimeo's uptime and incident history