Minor incident

Buffer: Issue Connecting & Refreshing YouTube

Current status of Buffer: Operational — live Buffer status

Timeline

1. Oct 8, 2026, 12:58 UTC
   investigating
   We’re currently seeing issues connecting and refreshing YouTube channels on Buffer. While this appears to be due to instability with the social network, we are investigating to confirm the cause. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and will continue to share updates here as we have them.
2. Oct 8, 2026, 18:38 UTC
   identified
   After investigating, it appears that this issue is related to ongoing issues within the YouTube API. We're keeping an eye on things and will update this page if any new information becomes available.
3. Oct 8, 2026, 21:37 UTC
   identified
   We're continuing to keep an eye on this situation. The error rate is low, but we want to ensure YouTube connections are working as expected for all users before marking this issue as resolved.
4. Oct 9, 2026, 16:04 UTC
   resolved
   We have seen that the issues with YouTube connections have returned back to normal levels now, and all new YouTube connections should go through successfully once again, as well as channel reconnections, too. We're very sorry for the inconvenience this created and hope everything is running smoothly for you now.

Updates as published by Buffer.