Essential Mod incident

Unable to connect to the Essential Network

Major Resolved

Essential Mod experienced a major incident on June 1, 2026 affecting Features (Authentication), lasting 2h 22m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jun 01, 2026, 07:52 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 01, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC
Duration
2h 22m
Detected by Pingoru
Jun 01, 2026, 07:52 AM UTC

Affected components

Features (Authentication)

Update timeline

  1. identified Jun 01, 2026, 07:52 AM UTC

    Users are currently unable to connect to the Essential network due to an issue with Mojang's authentication servers, we will resolve this status page entry once the problem is fixed.

  2. monitoring Jun 01, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC

    The issue with Mojang's authentication servers appears to be resolving, users should be able to connect to the Essential Network again after restarting their game. We will resolve this status entry once we observe signs of full recovery.

  3. resolved Jun 01, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. If you are still unable to connect to the Essential Network, please try: 1. Restarting your game. 2. Restarting your launcher. 3. Signing out and back-in to your Minecraft account within your launcher. If issues persist after trying all of the steps above, please contact our [support team in our Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord).