Outage in Epic Games
Fortnite Matchmaking Issues
Resolved MajorIncident Report
Summary AI Generated
Epic Games experienced major matchmaking issues affecting Fortnite players for 1.5 hours. Players reported being unable to connect to matches, with Save the World mode particularly affected by loading failures and backend connection errors. The service was restored after Epic Games worked to resolve the matchmaking problems.
🛠️ We are aware that players are currently experiencing matchmaking issues.
We are working on resolving these issues ASAP.
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INVESTIGATING
about 5 hours ago - at 04/17/2026 07:04PM
🛠️ We are aware that players are currently experiencing matchmaking issues.
We are working on resolving these issues ASAP.
source IsDown
Users report possible problems with Epic Games (Fortnite)
Reports started 2 minutes before official outage was reported
Users are reporting issues affecting Fortnite.
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