Vimeo incident: Some Videos Are Stuck Processing/Optimizing

Affected components

• Upload

1. resolvedJul 26, 2025, 22:48 UTC

   Videos have been recovered from the affected time range. Systems to continue to operate normally.

2. monitoringJul 26, 2025, 19:48 UTC

   Vimeo Engineers continue to work on recovering uploads that are stuck optimizing from an earlier partial outage.

3. monitoringJul 26, 2025, 15:51 UTC

   From 4:12am EDT to 11:42 am EDT some uploads might have gotten stuck in processing/optimizing. Engineers are currently recovering those videos, but the system is back to normal at this time.

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