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Netflix crashed amid the season 5 premiere of Stranger Things on Wednesday, Nov. 26

Series co-creator Ross Duffer claimed that Netflix "increased bandwidth" to prevent any crash hours before the episodes were released

The streaming platform was back up within minutes

Netflix crashed amid Stranger Things season 5's premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Viewers were suddenly locked out of the Upside Down when the first four episodes of the sci-fi horror show's final season dropped on the platform at 5 p.m. PT.

"NETFLIX FIX YOURSELF RIGHT NOW BRO, IVE BEEN WAITING THREE YEARS," one person wrote on X . "OH MY GOD NETFLIX PLS FIX YOURSELF I WANNA WATCH," another commented .

The crash didn't last long, though. "Some members briefly experienced an issue streaming on TV dev

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