Essential Mod incident

Connecting to the Essential Network and accessing other essential.gg services

Minor Resolved

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.

Started
Jun 12, 2026, 08:58 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 12, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC
Duration
2h 42m
Detected by Pingoru
Jun 12, 2026, 08:58 AM UTC

Affected components

Connection ManagerWebsites (essential.gg)Websites (cdn.essential.gg)Websites (media.essential.gg)

Update timeline

  1. 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.

  2. identified Jun 12, 2026, 09:07 AM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.

  3. identified Jun 12, 2026, 09:53 AM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.

  4. monitoring Jun 12, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC

    We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.

  5. 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.