Communication
Jitsi Meet
Jitsi Meet is a free, open-source video conferencing tool anyone can self-host or use at meet.jit.si without an account, with end-to-end encryption support.
What is Jitsi Meet?
Jitsi Meet has a longer history than most people realize: the Jitsi project began in 2003 as an open-source SIP communicator client at the University of Strasbourg, long before WebRTC existed. The browser-based video conferencing product that most people know today grew from that foundation, eventually being acquired by Atlassian in 2015 and then by 8x8 Inc. in 2018. Its fully open-source codebase means anyone can self-host a Jitsi server — a property that made it enormously popular during the 2020 surge in remote work demand when commercial alternatives were struggling with capacity.
The public meet.jit.si instance, operated by 8x8, serves millions of meetings per month as a completely free and account-optional service. This zero-friction model — no signup, no download required, just share a link — has made it the go-to choice for privacy-conscious users, open-source communities, educators, and organizations in regions where commercial meeting tools are cost-prohibitive. The self-hosted ecosystem means many organizations also run their own Jitsi infrastructure, which is unaffected by meet.jit.si outages but may encounter issues with the underlying XMPP and WebRTC components.
Jitsi Meet outages on the public instance typically appear as rooms failing to load in the browser, participants being unable to hear or see each other despite apparently successful joins, the STUN/TURN relay servers becoming unreachable and causing NAT traversal failures behind firewalls, and mobile clients dropping immediately after connection. Self-hosted deployments may encounter Prosody XMPP server errors, Jicofo component disconnections, or Jitsi Videobridge media routing failures.
Outage.gg tracks Jitsi Meet service status through community reports on the meet.jit.si public instance. If your meetings are failing to connect or audio is not routing correctly, check the live status page and see whether others are experiencing the same server-side disruption.
Common Jitsi Meet Problems
Issues users most frequently report when Jitsi Meet is having problems.
Messages not sending
Messages appear stuck, fail to deliver, or recipients are not receiving them.
Login & authentication
Unable to sign in, 2FA not working, or being unexpectedly logged out.
Feed & content not loading
Posts, stories, or notifications are not appearing or are failing to refresh.
App & website errors
The app or website returns error pages, crashes, or is completely unreachable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Jitsi Meet outages and server status.
You can check the live Jitsi Meet server status at outage.gg/services/jitsi-meet. The page shows real-time community-submitted outage reports, an hourly trend chart, and the current health status.
Jitsi Meet can stop working for a number of reasons including scheduled maintenance windows, unexpected server failures, network infrastructure problems, or DDoS attacks. Check the live status page on Outage.gg for the latest community reports to see if others are experiencing the same issue.
Go to outage.gg/services/jitsi-meet and click the "Report an Issue" button. Your report is counted immediately and helps confirm whether a problem is widespread. Reports from multiple users trigger a status change visible to everyone watching the page.
Click the "Notify Me" bell button on the Jitsi Meet status page at outage.gg/services/jitsi-meet. Create a free account and we will send you an email the moment Jitsi Meet comes back online — no app download required.
Many services maintain official status pages with planned maintenance notices. Outage.gg aggregates real-time community-reported outages which often surface faster than official channels.
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