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Epic Games outage history
Epic Games published 51 incidents on its official status page since Jan 29, 2026, 7 of them rated at the highest impact level. 13 were major or long incidents with their own pages; the biggest are listed first. Below them is every smaller incident, then our own 90 day check history.
Biggest Epic Games outages
Ranked by the official impact level, then by how long they lasted. Each has its own page with the cause, the fix time and every official update.
- Jan 29, 2026: Fortnite Matchmaking Outage 2 hours 48 min · rated "Critical" · shared with Fortnite
- Apr 17, 2026: Fortnite Matchmaking Issues 1 hour 27 min · rated "Critical" · shared with Fortnite
- Feb 23, 2026: Fab Marketplace Product Detail Page Issues 1 hour 1 min · rated "Critical"
- Mar 25, 2026: Issue Affecting Twinmotion Cloud Presentations 53 minutes · rated "Critical"
- Jun 11, 2026: Fortnite Matchmaking Issue 48 minutes · rated "Critical" · shared with Fortnite
- Mar 14, 2026: Rocket League Matchmaking Issues 37 minutes · rated "Critical"
- Apr 7, 2026: Rocket League Log-ins and Matchmaking Issue 36 minutes · rated "Critical"
- Sep 16, 2026: Trader Verification outage 41 hours 7 min · rated "Major"
- Mar 2, 2026: Matchmaking Issues 11 hours 4 min · rated "Major"
- Jun 4, 2026: Sketchfab Website Outage 3 hours 55 min · rated "Major"
More major and long Epic Games incidents
- Jun 2, 2026, 21:01 UTC: Fortnite Matchmaking Issue 1 hour 22 min, rated "Major"
- May 8, 2026, 00:33 UTC: Login and Matchmaking Errors 1 hour 13 min, rated "Major"
- Mar 22, 2026, 01:41 UTC: Fall Guys Matchmaking 3 hours 14 min, rated "Major"
Every smaller Epic Games incident
Minor and short incidents from the Epic Games Public status page, newest first, each with a line from the official updates. Times are UTC.
October 2026
Oct 16, 2026, 22:20 UTC · EOS Sessions and Lobbies
57 minutes · rated "Minor"
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
September 2026
Sep 17, 2026, 17:16 UTC · Matchmaking issues in Fortnite
23 minutes · rated "Minor"
"The matchmaking issues are being resolved, and players should now be able to get into matches. If you're still experiencing an issue, try requeuing again."
Sep 16, 2026, 15:09 UTC · Fortnite Login Issues on Xbox
34 minutes · rated "Major"
"Fortnite login issues affecting players on Xbox have been resolved. As part of the fix, you may be prompted to redownload the game before jumping back in."
August 2026
Aug 28, 2026, 13:55 UTC · Fortnite Login Issues on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
38 minutes · rated "Major"
"Login services on PlayStation 4 and 5 have returned to normal."
Aug 27, 2026, 00:50 UTC · Support-A-Creator Website Down
8 hours 54 min · marked as no impact
"The Support-A-Creator website has been restored."
Aug 19, 2026, 20:07 UTC · Fab Plugin Issue
7 days 17 hours · rated "Minor"
"Epic Games Launcher users may not see Fab plugins they have installed in their Launcher. We're working to resolve this and will provide an update this is fixed."
Aug 17, 2026, 19:16 UTC · Error When Installing or Updating on Epic Games Store
3 days 1 hour · rated "Minor"
"We've fixed an issue with the Epic Games Launcher where players were unable to update or install games, or where they saw it appear blank."
Aug 14, 2026, 02:36 UTC · Fortnite Login Issues
34 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We're investigating login issues that may affect some players in the Mexico region. We'll update this issue as we have more info."
Aug 14, 2026, 00:13 UTC · Matchmaking & Parties Fortnite Issue
14 minutes · rated "Minor"
"Matchmaking and partying up are returned to normal."
Aug 10, 2026, 14:20 UTC · Mouse Input Issue in Fall Guys and Other Titles
27 hours 53 min · rated "Minor"
"We're aware of an issue affecting mouse use in Fall Guys and other titles when the polling rate is higher than 125 Hz. We're working on a fix and will update you when this is resolved."
Aug 5, 2026, 22:21 UTC · Fortnite Reload Matchmaking Issues
38 minutes · rated "Minor"
"Matchmaking in Fortnite Reload has returned to normal. We'll continue to monitor services to ensure everything remains stable."
July 2026
Jul 31, 2026, 00:31 UTC · Intermittent Fortnite Matchmaking Errors
22 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We're working to resolve an issue where some players may infrequently see a matchmaking error in Fortnite."
Jul 28, 2026, 22:08 UTC · Fortnite Matchmaking Issue
1 hour 21 min · rated "Minor"
"We're investigating issues related to Fortnite matchmaking errors and working to resolve them."
Jul 22, 2026, 19:08 UTC · Matchmaking Issues
14 minutes · rated "Major"
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
Jul 8, 2026, 17:49 UTC · Issues Browsing Sketchfab Content
6 days 23 hours · rated "Minor"
"We're aware of an issue affecting Sketchfab browsing."
June 2026
Jun 15, 2026, 12:33 UTC · Failed or timed-out authentication to EOS Game Services
duration not stated · marked as no impact
"Authentication to EOS Game Services failed or timed out between 12:03pm and 12:10pm EDT"
May 2026
May 30, 2026, 13:23 UTC · Fortnite Matchmaking, Login & Locker Service Errors
34 minutes · rated "Major"
"We're actively investigating errors players may see when trying to log in, matchmake, or access the Locker. We'll provide an update as soon as we have more information to share."
May 27, 2026, 12:36 UTC · Login failure to EOS Game Services with certain valid OpenId tokens.
duration not stated · marked as no impact
"We pushed a change to our IDP service that blocked some valid OpenId tokens. We rolled the change back on 5/27/2026 6:00am"
May 18, 2026, 23:13 UTC · Stats Delayed
38 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We are aware of delays impacting stats queries and reporting surfaces in Epic Online Services. Stats ingestion and processing are continuing normally, but some results may appear delayed while processing catches up."
May 14, 2026, 19:12 UTC · EAS Auth Access Token with additional claims
duration not stated · marked as no impact
"We have rolled back a change to our backend that included additional claims in the EAS Auth Access token. This change could break the login flow in some games that allocated a fixed-size buffer to the access token."
May 14, 2026, 15:22 UTC · V-Bucks Delivery Delayed
2 hours 3 min · rated "Minor"
"Players who saw a delay in receiving V-Bucks should now have them available. As part of this fix, players who qualify for the Showdown Umbrella styles introduced in today's update may see them granted at a later date."
May 14, 2026, 11:45 UTC · Login and matchmaking issues in Fortnite
52 minutes · rated "Major"
"We're actively working on fixing the matchmaking and login errors some players may see while launching the game or while in the Lobby. We'll share an update as soon as this is fixed up."
May 12, 2026, 00:05 UTC · Rocket League Matchmaking Outage
57 minutes · rated "Major"
"Matchmaking issues have been resolved. Players should now be able to queue into matches normally."
April 2026
Apr 24, 2026, 05:45 UTC · Issues with Publishing Tools and Developer Portal
19 minutes · rated "Major"
"We are currently investigating issues impacting Epic Games Store Publishing Tools and the Epic Online Services Developer Portal. We'll share an update once they are resolved."
Apr 17, 2026, 10:35 UTC · Issue with Unreal Revision Control in UEFN
4 hours 38 min · rated "Minor"
"Issue with Unreal Revision Control in UEFN has been resolved."
Apr 15, 2026, 09:51 UTC · Elevated Error Rates for URC Connections.
3 hours 5 min · rated "Minor"
"This issue has been resolved."
Apr 14, 2026, 19:42 UTC · Epic Online Services - Issues accessing EOS backend
duration not stated · marked as no impact
"There was an issue affecting Epic Online Services from 8:10 am to 8:55 am EDT. The likely symptom players faced was failure to log in."
Apr 1, 2026, 05:53 UTC · Logins & Matchmaking Issue
19 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We've resolved an issue with players being unable to log in to Fortnite servers. We'll continue to monitor this to ensure logins and matchmaking have returned to normal."
March 2026
Mar 30, 2026, 09:17 UTC · Issues with Epic Online Services
duration not stated · marked as no impact
"Earlier issues affecting Epic Account Services and Game Services have been resolved. Players should now be able to access and play as normal."
Mar 30, 2026, 08:43 UTC · Login and matchmaking issues in Fortnite
24 minutes · rated "Major"
"We are aware that players are currently experiencing login and matchmaking issues. We are working on resolving these issues ASAP."
Mar 24, 2026, 18:18 UTC · Hyperwallet issue
6 days 1 hour · rated "Minor"
"We're aware of an issue impacting Hyperwallet and are investigating. We'll share an update once it's resolved."
Mar 22, 2026, 06:08 UTC · EOS Logins and Achievements Issue
18 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We're investigating an issue where some players may see log-in errors or delayed achievement visibility. We'll update this incident as we have more info and this is resolved."
Mar 21, 2026, 15:27 UTC · Purchasing Issue on Xbox
6 hours 28 min · rated "Minor"
"This issue is fixed, all V-bucks and Outfit packs are available again on Xbox."
Mar 21, 2026, 04:50 UTC · Login and Matchmaking Issues
34 minutes · rated "Minor"
"This incident has been resolved."
February 2026
Feb 27, 2026, 14:14 UTC · EOS Analytics in DevPortal
duration not stated · marked as no impact
"Some EOS analytics were not available in the DevPortal from Feb 25th 3:18 PM to Feb 26th 7:25 AM EST."
Feb 26, 2026, 19:34 UTC · Login Service Outage
duration not stated · marked as no impact
"We've resolved an issue affecting Fortnite, Rocket League, Fall Guys and Epic Online Services logins. We're continuing to monitor services to ensure everything remains stable."
Feb 24, 2026, 23:16 UTC · Fall Guys Item Shop Purchases Error
1 hour 39 min · rated "Minor"
"Players on Xbox may see purchases fail when using the Item Shop in game."
Epic Games uptime, last 90 days
Tracked since Oct 16, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Every Epic Games problem in the last 90 days
- Degraded
EOS Sessions and Lobbies
Oct 16, 2026, 22:24 UTC · lasted 1 hour 4 min · from Epic Games's official status page
Day by day
| Day (UTC) | Uptime | Avg response | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | 100% | -- | Up |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 100% | -- | Up |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 100% | -- | Up |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 100% | -- | Up |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 100% | -- | Up |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 100% | -- | Up |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 100% | -- | Degraded |
Epic Games outage questions
Was Epic Games down today?
No. We recorded no Epic Games outage, degraded period or maintenance today (Oct 22, 2026, UTC).
Was Epic Games down yesterday?
No. We recorded no Epic Games outage, degraded period or maintenance yesterday (Oct 21, 2026, UTC).
When was Epic Games last down?
The latest problem was on Oct 16, 2026, 22:24 UTC and lasted 1 hour 4 min: EOS Sessions and Lobbies.
What was the biggest Epic Games outage?
Of the incidents on record since Jan 29, 2026, the biggest was on Jan 29, 2026: Fortnite Matchmaking Outage. The Epic Games Public status page rated it "Critical" and it lasted 2 hours 48 min.
How often does Epic Games go down?
Epic Games's status page posted 51 incidents since Jan 29, 2026, 1 of them in the last 30 days. Most incidents affect part of the service, not all of it. Uptime from our own checks over the last 90 days: 100%.
Times are UTC. Official incidents are the company's own posts, quoted from the Epic Games Public status page. Problem periods start when the official status page or our checks first show a problem and end when the service is next found working, so durations are accurate to within a few minutes. Recent outages across all services.