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Vimeo outage: Clips buffering infinitely on startup

Vimeo reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on Oct 10, 2025, 01:02 UTC. It was resolved after 21h 45m.

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Oct 10, 2025, 01:02 UTC
started
Oct 10, 2025, 22:47 UTC
resolved
21h 45m
duration
Major
impact

Affected components

  • Embedded Player
  • On-Site Player
  • Upload

Timeline

updates from Vimeo's status page ↗
  1. resolvedOct 10, 2025, 22:47 UTC

    All affected videos are processing normally.

  2. identifiedOct 10, 2025, 22:29 UTC

    All affected videos have been queued for reprocessing.

  3. identifiedOct 10, 2025, 01:56 UTC

    A fix has been implemented and new uploads are processing normally. Recovery for videos uploaded between 20:30 and 01:40 UTC is in progress.

  4. identifiedOct 10, 2025, 01:25 UTC

    The issue has been identified as affecting videos uploaded after 20:30 UTC. A fix is being implemented.

  5. investigatingOct 10, 2025, 01:11 UTC

    We are currently investigating reports of increased buffering rates for video playback.

  6. investigatingOct 10, 2025, 01:02 UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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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How often does Vimeo have incidents?

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

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Vimeo outage on Oct 10, 2025: Clips buffering infinitely on startup · APIStatus.watch