India, Nov. 8 -- Hulu was down for thousands of subscribers in the US, outage tracker Downdetector data showed on Friday. Several users reported seeing the persistent Error Code 504.

The "Gateway Timeout" error, which displays "This site can't be reached" or "Something went wrong," prevents videos from loading and affects live TV, with Downdetector logging over 5,000 reports in the first hour.

While Hulu hasn't issued an official statement, the issue coincides with high traffic during new releases like The Penguin and House of the Dragon Season 2, pointing to server overload or backend glitches. Similar errors (500, 503) are linked to network timeouts, as noted in recent user forums.

Error Code 504 signals a server communication failur...