Critical incident

Dailymotion: Player - Video Playback Issue

Affected: Playback

Current status of Dailymotion: Operational — live Dailymotion status

Timeline

1. Jul 16, 2026, 10:02 UTC
   investigating
   We are currently investigating an issue affecting video playback (VOD only) on the Dailymotion player, including embedded player integrations. Users may experience videos not loading or buffering. Our engineering team is actively investigating the root cause.
2. Jul 16, 2026, 11:08 UTC
   monitoring
   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
3. Jul 16, 2026, 11:36 UTC
   resolved
   The playback issues were caused by an outage on our infrastructure provider, which impacted our video delivery and static asset services. The situation is now getting back to normal. We are closely monitoring all systems to ensure full stability is restored.

Updates as published by Dailymotion (original).