Essential Mod Outage History

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Essential Mod had 19 outages in the last 2 years totaling 2h 22m of downtime — averaging 0.8 incidents per month.

There were 19 Essential Mod outages since May 2, 2025 totaling 2h 22m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.essential.gg

Minor June 3, 2026

Essential Network Improvements

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 03, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 03, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jun 03, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC

    Type: Maintenance Duration: 1 hour and 47 minutes Affected Components: World Hosting, Connection Manager, Relationships, media.essential.gg, Wardrobe, Media, Authentication, Payments, Chat Jun 3, 10:00:00 GMT+0 - Identified - We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time. You will be unable to: * Use the Essential chat * Join or start hosting worlds * Use cosmetics/emotes * Upload screenshots via the screenshot manager Jun 3, 10:00:01 GMT+0 - Identified - Maintenance is now in progress Jun 3, 11:47:21 GMT+0 - Completed - Maintenance has completed successfully.

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Major June 1, 2026

Unable to connect to the Essential Network

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 01, 2026, 07:52 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 01, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC
Duration
2h 22m
Affected: Features (Authentication)
Timeline · 3 updates
  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).

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Minor May 30, 2026

Connecting to the Essential Network

Detected by Pingoru
May 30, 2026, 06:30 PM UTC
Resolved
May 30, 2026, 06:30 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved May 30, 2026, 06:30 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 7 minutes Affected Components: Connection Manager May 30, 18:30:00 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are aware of issues impacting connections to the Essential Network which we hope to have resolved as soon as we can May 30, 18:37:23 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

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Minor April 13, 2026

media.essential.gg links not working

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 13, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 13, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 13, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 8 minutes Affected Components: media.essential.gg Apr 13, 15:36:28 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are currently investigating this incident. Apr 13, 15:38:42 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident. Users may not be able to view screenshots on media.essential.gg. Apr 13, 15:44:50 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Screenshots should be visible on [media.essential.gg](http://media.essential.gg) again.

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Minor March 12, 2026

Coin purchases delayed

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 12, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 12, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Mar 12, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 3 hours and 29 minutes Affected Components: Payments Mar 12, 00:00:00 GMT+0 - Identified - We’re currently experiencing an issue with Tebex, the third-party service that processes store payments. As a result, coin purchases cannot be processed at the moment. Any purchases made will be automatically completed within the next few hours once the issue is resolved. Mar 12, 03:29:03 GMT+0 - Resolved - Payments are being processed once more by Tebex and coin purchases are now being fulfilled, both for new & past payments. If you still don't have coins you purchased, please open a ticket in our Discord server, https://essential.gg/discord

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Minor January 9, 2026

Connecting to the Essential Network & inviting friends

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 09, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 09, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jan 09, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 1 hour and 19 minutes Affected Components: World Hosting, Connection Manager Jan 9, 17:15:23 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. Jan 9, 17:35:17 GMT+0 - Monitoring - Deployment is taking longer than expected, we are currently trying to resolve this incident. Jan 9, 17:57:14 GMT+0 - Identified - We are still working on resolving this issue. Jan 9, 18:34:35 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. You should be able to connect to the Essential network and invite your friends to your world. If you are having trouble sending invites, please try restarting your game. If issues persist, please contact [our support team in our Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord).

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Minor January 6, 2026

Invites not being sent to other players

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 06, 2026, 02:27 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 06, 2026, 02:27 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jan 06, 2026, 02:27 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 19 minutes Affected Components: World Hosting Jan 6, 14:27:54 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are currently investigating this incident. Jan 6, 14:31:10 GMT+0 - Identified - The issue has been identified, we are working on a fix for this incident. Jan 6, 14:39:14 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. Users may experience connection issues while the fix is being deployed. We will update this status page once the issue has been resolved. Jan 6, 14:46:37 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Users should be able to invite friends to worlds now. If you are still having issues, please try restarting your game. If issues persist, please contact our [support team in our Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord).

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Minor December 6, 2025

Connectivity Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 06, 2025, 07:45 PM UTC
Resolved
Dec 06, 2025, 07:45 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Dec 06, 2025, 07:45 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 2 hours and 51 minutes Affected Components: Connection Manager Dec 6, 20:57:14 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We're slowly seeing connections recover and expect the platform to be fully functional over the next 30 minutes. Dec 6, 22:35:47 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Users should be able to access the Essential network again. If you are still unable to connect to Essential, please try restarting your game. If problems persist after that, please reach out to our [support team in our Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord). Dec 6, 19:45:00 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are currently investigating this incident.

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Minor December 1, 2025

Essential Wardrobe not loading

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 01, 2025, 01:14 PM UTC
Resolved
Dec 01, 2025, 01:14 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Dec 01, 2025, 01:14 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 29 minutes Affected Components: Wardrobe Dec 1, 13:14:04 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are currently investigating this incident. Users may not be able to open the Essential Wardrobe or view their owned cosmetics in-game. Dec 1, 13:23:03 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident. Dec 1, 13:38:50 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. Dec 1, 13:43:12 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. If you are still having issues with the Essential Wardrobe after restarting your game, please reach out to [our support team in our Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord).

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Major November 27, 2025

Microsoft Authentication unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 27, 2025, 01:56 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 27, 2025, 01:56 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Nov 27, 2025, 01:56 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 16 minutes Affected Components: Authentication Nov 27, 14:12:22 GMT+0 - Resolved - It appears that Mojang's authentication servers are working again. Users may need to restart their game to be able to connect to the Essential Network. If you are still having issues, please contact our [support team in our Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord). Nov 27, 13:56:18 GMT+0 - Identified - Users may not be able to connect to the Essential network at the moment due to Mojang's authentication servers being unavailable.

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Major November 26, 2025

Content Delivery Network unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 26, 2025, 07:54 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 26, 2025, 07:54 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Nov 26, 2025, 07:54 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 12 minutes Affected Components: cdn.essential.gg Nov 26, 19:54:47 GMT+0 - Identified - Our Content Delivery Network (CDN) run by DigitalOcean is currently unstable. Requests to the CDN may take a long time to complete, or may fail entirely. Users may not be able to see cosmetics in-game or in the Wardrobe that they have not previously viewed. Nov 26, 20:06:29 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. If you are having issues loading cosmetics in-game or in the Wardrobe, please try restarting your game. If the issue persists, contact our [support team in our Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord).

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Minor November 18, 2025

Increased latency on connections to the Connection Manager

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 18, 2025, 04:41 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 18, 2025, 04:41 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Nov 18, 2025, 04:41 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 7 minutes Affected Components: Connection Manager Nov 18, 16:41:45 GMT+0 - Investigating - 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. Nov 18, 16:48:23 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

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Minor October 24, 2025

World Hosting Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 24, 2025, 07:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 24, 2025, 07:07 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 24, 2025, 07:07 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 2 hours and 8 minutes Affected Components: World Hosting Oct 24, 21:15:53 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Oct 24, 19:07:36 GMT+0 - Investigating - We've received reports about issues with the TURN servers causing disruptions to the world hosting system. We are currently investigating this incident.

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Minor October 20, 2025

Issues with coin purchases

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 20, 2025, 08:51 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 20, 2025, 08:51 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 20, 2025, 08:51 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 2 hours and 23 minutes Affected Components: Payments Oct 20, 08:51:57 GMT+0 - Identified - Our payment processor, Tebex, is currently having issues with handling payments. Users may not be able to purchase coins at this time. For more information, see [Tebex's status page](https://status.tebex.io/incident/746800). Oct 20, 10:52:50 GMT+0 - Monitoring - Tebex seems to have resolved the issue, we are re-enabling coin purchases and will continue to monitor their behaviour. Oct 20, 11:15:24 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

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Minor October 3, 2025

Authentication issues for 1.8.9 players

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 03, 2025, 03:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 03, 2025, 03:00 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 03, 2025, 03:00 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 3 days, 1 hour and 45 minutes Affected Components: Authentication Oct 3, 15:00:00 GMT+0 - Investigating - 1.8.9 players are unable to authenticate because of Mojang certification issues. Oct 3, 17:57:38 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident. Oct 6, 16:45:22 GMT+0 - Resolved - Mojang has resolved this incident in the vanilla launcher as of a few hours ago and we're no longer seeing issues with authentication.

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Minor September 30, 2025

Networking Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 30, 2025, 04:25 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 30, 2025, 04:25 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Sep 30, 2025, 04:25 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 2 hours and 25 minutes Affected Components: Connection Manager Sep 30, 06:49:49 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Sep 30, 04:25:00 GMT+0 - Investigating - 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. Sep 30, 05:36:51 GMT+0 - Identified - Our networking provider is the target of a DDoS attack.

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Minor September 15, 2025

Screenshot Uploading Disturbance

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 15, 2025, 05:22 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 15, 2025, 05:22 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Sep 15, 2025, 05:22 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 2 hours and 27 minutes Affected Components: Media, media.essential.gg Sep 15, 17:22:00 GMT+0 - Identified - The media service responsible for handling screenshot uploading and retrieval was having issues which affected the ability to upload and view uploaded screenshots. Sep 15, 19:22:00 GMT+0 - Monitoring - The underlying network issue seems to have been resolved and no more errors are being reported. Sep 15, 19:48:39 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

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Minor June 19, 2025

Unable to receive world invites

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 19, 2025, 08:52 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 19, 2025, 08:52 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jun 19, 2025, 08:52 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 32 minutes Affected Components: World Hosting Jun 19, 09:16:53 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. Jun 19, 08:52:02 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are currently investigating this incident. Jun 19, 09:23:44 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

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Minor May 2, 2025

Unable to download Essential Mod

Detected by Pingoru
May 02, 2025, 09:40 AM UTC
Resolved
May 02, 2025, 09:40 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved May 02, 2025, 09:40 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 39 minutes May 2, 09:40:00 GMT+0 - Identified - We are working on a fix for this incident. Users may not be able to download Essential through our website, or update Essential through the auto-update system until the incident is resolved. May 2, 10:04:29 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident. Users are should be able to update through the Essential mod's auto-update system, but downloads on our website may still be affected. May 2, 10:11:37 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. Users should be able to download Essential through our website now. May 2, 10:19:15 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. If you're still having issues with downloading or updating the Essential mod, please reach out to our support team in our [Discord server](https://essential.gg/discord).

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