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Epic Games Outage History

Every past Epic Games outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 503 Epic Games outages since September 2019. The 94 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor June 4, 2026

June 2026: Facebook Log-in Temporarily Unavailable

Detected Jun 4, 2026 8:57 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 5, 2026 12:44 AM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

Epic Games Store experienced a Facebook login outage that prevented users from accessing their accounts through Facebook credentials for 3.8 hours. The incident also caused broader performance issues including extremely slow game loading times, infinite loading screens, and missing interface elements like the ready-up button. The service was restored after Epic Games investigated and resolved the login authentication problem.

Major June 4, 2026

June 2026: Sketchfab Website Outage

Detected Jun 4, 2026 2:34 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 4, 2026 6:32 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

Epic Games experienced a major outage affecting the Sketchfab website, which appeared offline to users. The incident lasted 4 hours while the team worked to resolve the website accessibility issues. The outage prevented users from accessing the Sketchfab platform during this period.

Major June 2, 2026

June 2026: Fortnite Matchmaking Issue

Detected Jun 2, 2026 5:01 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 2, 2026 6:26 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Epic Games experienced a major matchmaking issue affecting Fortnite players initially in the ME server region, then expanding to other regions, preventing players from queuing into games or requiring multiple queue attempts to find matches. Users reported complete matchmaking failures across all game modes and inability to team up with other players. The incident lasted 1.4 hours and was resolved after Epic Games investigated and addressed the underlying matchmaking errors.

Major May 30, 2026

May 2026: Fortnite Matchmaking, Login & Locker Service Errors

Detected May 30, 2026 9:23 AM EDT · Resolved May 30, 2026 9:58 AM EDT · Duration 35 minutes

Epic Games experienced a major service incident affecting Fortnite players' ability to log in, join matches, and access the Locker feature. The outage impacted core game services including matchmaking, login systems, and in-game functionality. The incident was resolved after 35 minutes of active investigation by the Epic Games team.

Minor May 18, 2026

May 2026: Stats Delayed

Detected May 18, 2026 7:13 PM EDT · Resolved May 18, 2026 7:53 PM EDT · Duration 40 minutes

Epic Games experienced delays in stats queries and reporting surfaces within Epic Online Services for 40 minutes. Stats ingestion and processing continued normally, but results appeared delayed while the system caught up with processing. The issue was identified and resolved without affecting core stats functionality.

Minor May 14, 2026

May 2026: V-Bucks Delivery Delayed

Detected May 14, 2026 11:22 AM EDT · Resolved May 14, 2026 1:30 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Epic Games experienced a 2.1-hour incident where purchased V-Bucks were delayed in being delivered to some Fortnite players, affecting the Item Shop functionality. Users also reported login issues with Fortnite during this time. Epic resolved the delivery delays while ensuring all purchases were preserved and would be credited once the fix was implemented.

Major May 14, 2026

May 2026: Login and matchmaking issues in Fortnite

Detected May 14, 2026 7:45 AM EDT · Resolved May 14, 2026 8:37 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Epic Games experienced a major service incident affecting Fortnite's login and matchmaking systems for 52 minutes. Players encountered errors when launching the game and while in the lobby, preventing them from accessing matchmaking services. The issue was actively investigated and resolved by Epic Games' technical team.

Major May 11, 2026

May 2026: Rocket League Matchmaking Outage

Detected May 11, 2026 8:05 PM EDT · Resolved May 11, 2026 9:02 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Epic Games experienced a major Rocket League matchmaking outage that prevented players from accessing any online gameplay features for 58 minutes. The incident affected all matchmaking services, with users unable to join casual matches, competitive games, tournaments, or even create private matches, receiving "feature temporarily disabled" messages. Epic Games identified and resolved the issue, restoring full matchmaking functionality.

Major May 7, 2026

May 2026: Login and Matchmaking Errors

Detected May 7, 2026 8:33 PM EDT · Resolved May 7, 2026 9:47 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Epic Games experienced a major service incident affecting login and matchmaking functionality across Fortnite and Fall Guys, with additional impacts to the Epic Games Store and purchasing systems. Players were unable to log into these games or find matches during the outage. The incident was resolved after 6 minutes of downtime.

Major April 24, 2026

April 2026: Issues with Publishing Tools and Developer Portal

Detected Apr 24, 2026 1:45 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 24, 2026 2:03 AM EDT · Duration 19 minutes

Epic Games experienced a major service incident affecting their Publishing Tools and Developer Portal for 19 minutes. The outage impacted the Epic Games Store Publishing Tools and Epic Online Services Developer Portal, preventing developers from accessing these critical development resources. The issues were resolved after investigation and restoration efforts.