Disney Plus Hotstar on Friday totally crashed for more than 2 hours which created panic among viewers. Courtesy of India vs Australia's second Test and the release of The Night Manager, Hotstar down came at a very wrong time. Hotstar Down earned a lot of rage for the streaming platform and users started slamming it for degraded services. Not only this, Hotstar Down memes took the centre stage and Twitter was filled with funny jokes. Now, in a positive development, Disney Plus Hotstar has finally been restored and users can now enjoy India vs Australia match and the web series available on it. However, the question arises what went wrong with Hotstar, or what was Hotstar down reason? Well, the streaming platform is yet to break its silence of what went wrong, few users on social media have dug out some reasons and here's what they believe-
Sharing Hotstar's domain screenshot, a user wrote, "LOL, no wonder the entire #Hotstar website is down - their domain expired and they've just renewed it a while ago 😂 Someone is gonna get 🔥 for this #INDvsAUS #INDvAUS"
LOL, no wonder the entire #Hotstar website is down - their domain expired and they've just renewed it a while ago 😂 Someone is gonna get 🔥 for this #INDvsAUS #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/keGy4UlIEb
— Atul Karmarkar (@atulkarmarkar) February 17, 2023
Another user wrote, "It has already been renewed, so will be available everywhere soon. The propagation time for renewal of an expired domain varies - can be a couple of hours or even >24 hours."
Another user refused it and wrote, "Nope. Domain registrars usually provide 30 days of extension period."
"So no domain expiry monitoring in place? @DisneyPlusHS" wrote another user.
Hotstar outage
For the unversed, users started to face problems when they tried to access Disney Plus Hotstar on Friday. While sometimes, Hotstar showcased PB-4000 error, other times it showcased NM 4000. To be precise, Disney+ Hotstar error NM 4000 occurs only if the site is unable to detect location. This issue mainly persists when an individual is using VPN services to watch Disney+ Hotstar contents. VPN portals or proxy websites block user's location data that cause the site to show Disney+ Hotstar error NM 4000. However, many users also shared different error, which simply suggest that Disney Plus Hotstar might have an issue from the backend. The company is yet to give any response on Hotstar Down issue. It is pertinent to mention here that, users who were trying to access content after the outage suffered problems. India vs Australia 2nd Test was airing at True Scoop News office and it did not face any problem. It means those who were continuously watching Hotstar, they were able to watch the match, however, those who exited from the app started to face problems.