Essential Mod incident

Issues with connecting to the Essential network

Minor Resolved

Essential Mod experienced a minor incident on October 7, 2026 affecting Connection Manager, lasting 7m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 07, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 07, 2026, 04:06 PM UTC
Duration
7m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 07, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC

Affected components

Connection Manager

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 07, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this incident, users may have issues when connecting to Essential, or attempting to perform tasks like purchasing cosmetics, messaging friends, etc.

  2. monitoring Oct 07, 2026, 04:02 PM UTC

    We have applied a fix for the issue, it is being monitored.

  3. resolved Oct 07, 2026, 04:06 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. If you still cannot connect to the Essential network, please try restarting your game. If issues persist, contact our [support team in our Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord).