What is Fortnite status right now?

Fortnite is operational. Check Fortnite service health and outages at the top of this page for real-time updates.

When was the last Fortnite outage?

The last Fortnite outage was on May 14, 2026: "V-Bucks Delivery Delayed"

How do I check if Fortnite is down?

Use IsDown to monitor Fortnite status and get alerts when Fortnite is down. You can also check the official Epic Games status page.

How do I get alerts when Fortnite is down?

Create an IsDown account to monitor Fortnite status. Get instant alerts via Slack, PagerDuty, or email when Fortnite outages occur.

Is Fortnite Down? Current Status and Outages

Q: Is Fortnite down today?

Fortnite is not down today according to the official status page. IsDown monitors Fortnite status continuously for outages and service health issues.

Epic Games status updated 1 minute 2 seconds ago

Current Fortnite status

Fortnite is working normally

IsDown last checked Fortnite status on May 28, 2026 at 04:53 PM EDT. We've received 117 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Monitoring since Jun 2020 · 122 incidents caught · 79 components tracked in real-time

Fortnite service health over the last 24 hours

This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for Fortnite service health over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem.

Outage Map

See where users report Fortnite is down. The map shows recent Fortnite outages from around the world.

Top locations, last 24h:

United States
United Kingdom

Fortnite Outage Map

Recent Fortnite outage reports

See what users report when Fortnite is down and how Fortnite outages affect them.

May 28, 2026 (about 11 hours ago) 🇨🇿 Czechia

VOVESS - In epic games launcher it says "Servers are down" , while my nmap on the central node is saying its running a backup , osint tells me the node is freshly installed and running , so i guess its hardware changes in the networking central -b ?.
May 28, 2026 (about 12 hours ago) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

when i get on the loading screen it says servers not responding.
May 28, 2026 (about 12 hours ago) 🇦🇺 Australia

josh - the loading page says servers are down.
May 28, 2026 (about 13 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Urgent_rug - The servers are down nothing is working it kicked me out and I couldn't get back in also there was matchmaking issues that were unthinkable.
May 28, 2026 (about 16 hours ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Fortnite begins to load and it gets to initializing screen and then it closes... issue just started..
May 27, 2026 (1 day ago) 🇶🇦 Qatar

every time i want to play a game when i enter and wait it does bring to the game it bring me back to the lobby.
May 25, 2026 (3 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Not connecting to server at all has been down for 3 days know.
May 25, 2026 (3 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Ron - I operate through a nintendo switch. When logging in i get a screen that says: ERROR An error occurred while connecting to Epic servers. Please try again later. ESP-DIST-001.
May 24, 2026 (4 days ago) 🇳🇿 New Zealand

Gamer_Whanau2024 - My gaming console won't let me load into a game and just keeps spinning around on the loading screen.
May 23, 2026 (5 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

I can't load in to a game.
May 23, 2026 (5 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Haven't been getting the twitch drops after claiming them and logging on the game.
May 23, 2026 (5 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

i have high ping and super bad packet loss i dont know why it happend 4 days ago wont go away i tried everything and i wanna know if its the servers or my pc.
May 23, 2026 (5 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Fortnite is sending me an error message that says to close an app that I do not have. Please help.
May 23, 2026 (5 days ago) 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Cannot - Unnable to connect to fortnite servers..
May 22, 2026 (6 days ago) 🇦🇺 Australia

Tim - It's not loading into the game. Xbox One.

Early detection is everything

User reports often detect issues before official status pages acknowledge them. Learn how crowdsourced monitoring combined with official status pages provides faster outage detection than relying on either approach alone.

Epic Games Downtime Health — Last 90 Days

In the last 90 days, Epic Games had 13 incidents (5 major outages and 8 minor incidents) with a median duration of 1 hour 14 minutes.

Total

Incidents

Critical

Major Outages

Warning

Minor Incidents

Duration

1 hour

Median Resolution

Recent Fortnite outages detected

Full incident reports for recent Fortnite outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.

about 2 hours

V-Bucks Delivery Delayed

May 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM

about 1 hour

May 14, 2026 at 07:45 AM

about 1 hour

May 07, 2026 at 08:33 PM

Detected 30 minutes before

about 2 hours

Fortnite Matchmaking Issues

Apr 17, 2026 at 03:04 PM

Detected 2 minutes before

33 minutes

Logins & Matchmaking Issue

Apr 01, 2026 at 01:53 AM

Detected 16 minutes before

33 minutes

Mar 30, 2026 at 04:43 AM

about 7 hours

Purchasing Issue on Xbox

Mar 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM

39 minutes

Mar 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM

about 2 hours

Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports

Mar 20, 2026 at 11:19 PM

Never acknowledged

35 minutes

Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports

Mar 19, 2026 at 04:44 PM

Never acknowledged

Title	IsDown detected At	Duration
V-Bucks Delivery Delayed We're working to fix a delay with purchased V-Bucks being granted for some players. All purchases...	May 14, 2026 at 03:22 PM UTC	about 2 hours
Login and matchmaking issues in Fortnite We're actively working on fixing the matchmaking and login errors some players may see while laun...	May 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM UTC	about 1 hour
Login and Matchmaking Errors Players may not be able to log into or matchmake in Fortnite or Fall Guys. We're working to fix t...	May 08, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC IsDown detected 30 minutes before official update	about 1 hour
Fortnite Matchmaking Issues 🛠️ We are aware that players are currently experiencing matchmaking issues. We are working on r...	Apr 17, 2026 at 07:02 PM UTC IsDown detected 2 minutes before official update	about 2 hours
Logins & Matchmaking Issue We've resolved an issue with players being unable to log in to Fortnite servers. We'll continue t...	Apr 01, 2026 at 05:37 AM UTC IsDown detected 16 minutes before official update	33 minutes
Login and matchmaking issues in Fortnite We are aware that players are currently experiencing login and matchmaking issues. We are workin...	Mar 30, 2026 at 08:43 AM UTC	33 minutes
Purchasing Issue on Xbox We're investigating an issue on Xbox causing some V-Bucks and item bundles to not appear in the S...	Mar 21, 2026 at 03:27 PM UTC	about 7 hours
Login and Matchmaking Issues We are currently investigating this issue.	Mar 21, 2026 at 04:50 AM UTC	39 minutes
Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports	Mar 21, 2026 at 03:19 AM UTC Never acknowledged	about 2 hours
Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports	Mar 19, 2026 at 08:44 PM UTC Never acknowledged	35 minutes

Fortnite Components Status

Check if any Fortnite component is down. View the current status of 10 services and regions.

Component	Status
Fortnite Crew	OK
Game Services	OK
Houseparty video chat	OK
Item Shop	OK
Login	OK
Matchmaking	OK
Parties, Friends, and Messaging	OK
Stats and Leaderboards	OK
Voice Chat	OK
Website	OK

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Fortnite down today?

Fortnite isn't down. You can check Fortnite status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Fortnite official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Fortnite status?

Fortnite is currently operational. You can check Fortnite status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Fortnite outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Fortnite down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of Fortnite being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Fortnite outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Fortnite official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is Fortnite having an outage right now?

Fortnite last outage was on May 14, 2026 with the title "V-Bucks Delivery Delayed"

How often does Fortnite go down?

IsDown has tracked 103 Fortnite incidents since June 2020. When Fortnite goes down, incidents typically resolve within 168 minutes.

Is Fortnite down for everyone or just me?

Check the Fortnite status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether Fortnite is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.

How to check if Epic Games is down?

Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
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Why use IsDown to monitor Epic Games instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor Epic Games and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Epic Games?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Epic Games is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Epic Games's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.