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

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1. resolved Jun 12, 2026, 08:58 AM UTC

   Type: Incident Duration: 2 hours and 42 minutes Affected Components: cdn.essential.gg, Connection Manager, essential.gg, media.essential.gg Jun 12, 08:58:40 GMT+0 - Investigating - 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. Jun 12, 09:07:15 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident. Jun 12, 09:53:11 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident. Jun 12, 10:02:06 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. Jun 12, 11:40:51 GMT+0 - Resolved - 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.