YouTube traced brief outage to recommendations system issue
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 10:25AM
Nicole Batac in Mobile, News, YouTube, app news

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A backend issue related to YouTube's recommendations system caused a brief outage at around 7:45 PM EST last night, which PCMag noted was resolved around two to three hours after. Some users reported that they could see the sidebar and search bar of the app, but the main feed was either showing a "Something went wrong" message or was left blank. The outage affected the main site but also caused issues with YouTube Music, YouTube Kids, and YouTube TV.

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