Epic Games experienced a minor incident on August 14, 2026 affecting Parties, Friends, and Messaging and Matchmaking, lasting 13m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Parties, Friends, and MessagingMatchmaking
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 14, 2026, 12:13 AM UTC
Matchmaking and joining parties are currently experiencing issues and we're working to resolve them.
- resolved Aug 14, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC
Matchmaking and partying up are returned to normal.