YouTube outage blanks out the sidebar, causes issues on TVs and recreation consoles

If you’ve logged onto YouTube as we speak, you’ll have observed that one thing was off with the homepage: the sidebar that allows you to entry issues like your subscriptions feed, trending videos, and “Library” that retains your Watch Later list and video historical past, is lacking (although you possibly can entry a number of the pages by clicking on the hyperlinks we’ve included). Other issues are reducing off individuals when attempting to solid movies to a wise TV or watch streams from a recreation console.

The account menu, which helps you to change accounts, handle settings, and examine your channel, can also be damaged. You can nonetheless watch movies out of your homepage or search, however for individuals who prefer to fastidiously handle their YouTube expertise or creators who aren’t logged into the proper account, it’s an actual ache. In my checks, the problems existed on each Safari and Chrome — and throughout totally different accounts.

YouTube says that it’s conscious of the problem and is engaged on a repair. The firm says it’ll be sharing updates in a thread on its support site. The submit presently reads:

If you’re having hassle utilizing YouTube companies throughout units proper now – we’re conscious and dealing to repair it!

Here’s what you is perhaps experiencing:
Unable to sign-in or change accounts
Unable to solid to your TV or use the app on a gaming console
Left-hand Navigation Menus and Setting menus will not be showing / not loading
‘No internet connection’ error message when watching movies

Hopefully, that comes quickly. While certainly one of my co-workers stated they don’t actually miss the sidebar, some customers (like me) and most creators will most likely miss having easy accessibility to the features hidden within the presently damaged menus.

Thankfully, the YouTube app appears to be working advantageous on cellular, so there are nonetheless choices for accessing your subscriptions and Watch Later checklist.