On the evening of May 29, 2025, Netflix users across the United States reported a significant service disruption. Many encountered an error message stating, “This title is not available to watch instantly,” accompanied by error code E-100, preventing them from streaming content on various devices.
Outage-tracking website DownDetector recorded over 75,000 reports of streaming issues by 9:40 p.m. EDT. The problem appeared widespread, affecting users nationwide and across multiple device types.
Frustrated subscribers took to social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit to express their concerns. One user tweeted, “Netflix being down is very annoying for me personally,” while another wrote, “Netflix going down at the very end of my show is extremely rude.”
According to Netflix’s Help Center, the “title not available to watch instantly” error typically indicates an issue with data stored on the user’s device that prevents content from playing. However, given the scale of the outage, the issue seemed to originate from Netflix’s end.
As of now, Netflix has not issued an official statement regarding the cause of the disruption. The company updated its status page at 9:52 p.m. EDT, acknowledging that users “may have problems streaming some titles.”
The outage has sparked discussions about the reliability of streaming services and the impact of such disruptions on users who rely heavily on these platforms for entertainment.
