Essential Mod incident
Connecting to the Essential Network and accessing other essential.gg services
Essential Mod experienced a minor incident on June 12, 2026 affecting Connection Manager and Websites (essential.gg) and 1 more component, lasting 2h 42m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jun 12, 2026, 08:58 AM UTC
Users may not be able to connect to the Essential network, or access any [essential.gg](http://essential.gg) services, due to an issue that we are investigating related to SSL.
- identified Jun 12, 2026, 09:07 AM UTC
We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.
- identified Jun 12, 2026, 09:53 AM UTC
We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.
- monitoring Jun 12, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC
We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.
- resolved Jun 12, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC
We have implemented a fix for the issue. Users may still have issues connecting to the Essential Network or accessing [essential.gg](http://essential.gg) services. This is out of our control, and depends on how long it takes for your DNS provider or system to refresh its cache. We recommend trying [Cloudflare's DNS](https://one.one.one.one/dns/#setup-instructions) if you are still having issues connecting to Essential.