Netflix couldn’t withstand the Upside Down.
The streamer briefly crashed Wednesday night just as “Stranger Things” Season 5, the long-awaited first half of the show’s final chapter, dropped at 8 p.m. ET.
According to outage trackers, error reports spiked right as the first four episodes went live, with many users receiving an “NSEZ-403” message.
“Something went wrong,” it displayed. “Sorry, we’re having trouble with your request. You’ll find lots to explore on the home page.”
The error message also showed users a background image of an odd cake, reportedly from the reality cooking competition show “Nailed It!”
Although tens of thousands of viewers reported Netflix interruptions beginning around 7:50 p.m. ET, the outages appeared to decline by 8:10 p.m. ET.
Meanwhile, the streaming giant’s own interruption detector indicated that the service was still online.
“Netflix is up!” the platform showed. “We are not currently experiencing an interruption to our streaming service.”
The timing raised eyebrows, especially after “Stranger Things” co-creator Ross Duffer revealed earlier in the day that Netflix had taken steps to avoid this exact problem.
“Netflix increased bandwidth by 30 percent to avoid a crash,” he wrote on his Instagram Stories shortly before the Season 5 premiere.
Despite the surge, the platform stabilized within minutes, and streaming resumed normally – but not before millions of fans gearing up for their “Stranger Things” binge were served a moment of chaos and cake.
The company later addressed the “Stranger Things” Season 5 frenzy in a short statement.
“Some members briefly experienced an issue streaming on TV devices, but service recovered for all accounts within five minutes,” Netflix told Page Six.
Credit: pagesix.com
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