Minor impactResolvedMedia

Vimeo incident: Showcases are showing "this is private" warning unexpectedly.

Vimeo reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Aug 19, 2025, 21:40 UTC. It was resolved after 42 min.

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Aug 19, 2025, 21:40 UTC
started
Aug 19, 2025, 22:22 UTC
resolved
42 min
duration
Minor
impact

Affected components

  • Website
  1. resolvedAug 19, 2025, 22:22 UTC

    Showcases are now fully operational.

  2. identifiedAug 19, 2025, 21:54 UTC

    We've identified the issue and deployed a fix.

  3. investigatingAug 19, 2025, 21:41 UTC

    Some users are experiencing authorization errors with Showcases that should be publicly available. We're currently investigating...

  4. investigatingAug 19, 2025, 21:40 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.

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

Vimeo incident on Aug 19, 2025: Showcases are showing "this is private" warning unexpectedly. · APIStatus.watch