US EditionNetflix Crashes as ‘Stranger Things 5’ Premieres
Overwhelming demand caused a brief three-minute outage at the Stranger Things Season 5 premiere, with tens of thousands affected before service resumed by 5:05 p.m. PT.
- On Nov 26, Netflix experienced a brief outage when Volume 1 of Stranger Things season five launched at 5 p.m. PT, blocking access and showing an unrelated Nailed It! image to tens of thousands.
- Heavy concurrent demand during the Season 5 release stressed Netflix, coinciding with the launch as Ross Duffer said the platform increased bandwidth by 30 percent but this "didn't seem to be enough".
- Netflix told Reuters the problem was brief and service recovered within five minutes, though Outage logged a 5:01–5:23 PM timeline lasting about 22 minutes and by 5:05 p.m. most users streamed normally.
- Fans posted widespread complaints during the outage, then shifted to episode discussion as the Netflix official account on X retweeted 'STRANGER THINGS IS BACK EVERYONE STFU,' and Variety sought comment.
- Past live-event crashes frame this outage as part of a broader capacity pattern, as Netflix faced overloads during the Mike Tyson‑Jake Paul fight and prepares for Volume 2 on Dec. 25 and the series finale on Dec. 31.
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The interest in the season premiere of "Stranger Things" last night was so great that Netflix's servers crashed.
The premiere of the last season of the popular fiction series "Stranger Things" came to collapse this Wednesday the live service of Netflix, which remained down for a few minutes coinciding with the start of its screening. According to specialized magazines, the service fell at 17.00 (U.S. Pacific coast time), just as the expected fifth season of the series premiered. The connection was inactive for about three minutes and, later, his vision con…
It's been three and a half years since the latest season of "Stranger Things" began airing in May 2022.
'Stranger Things 5' Premiere Causes Netflix to Crash Worldwide as Millions of Fans Rush to Stream Final Season
Netflix briefly crashed after the much-anticipated premiere of 'Stranger Things Season 5', leaving many viewers in the US - and some in India - unable to access the platform. The service went down shortly after the first four episodes were released, causing widespread frustration among fans who had waited three years for the final season. 'Stranger Things 5' Premiere Causes Netflix to Crash Worldwide as Millions of Fans Rush to Stream Final Seas…
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