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Vimeo outage: Unable to Access Private Live Events

Vimeo reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on Oct 7, 2025, 22:58 UTC. It was resolved after 2h.

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Oct 7, 2025, 22:58 UTC
started
Oct 8, 2025, 00:58 UTC
resolved
2h
duration
Major
impact

Affected components

  • Embedded Player
  • On-Site Player
  • Website

Timeline

updates from Vimeo's status page ↗
  1. resolvedOct 8, 2025, 00:58 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. monitoringOct 7, 2025, 23:08 UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  3. monitoringOct 7, 2025, 23:07 UTC

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

  4. identifiedOct 7, 2025, 22:58 UTC

    We've identified an issue where users are able to view private live events because their password is rejected. We're rolling out a fix.

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 7, 2025: Unable to Access Private Live Events · APIStatus.watch