Second Life experienced a critical incident on August 23, 2026 affecting secondlife.com and Logins and 1 more component, lasting 2h 50m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
secondlife.comLoginsGroup Text ChatChat Supportmarketplace.secondlife.comLindeX PurchasesL$ Transactionscommunity.secondlife.comMarketplace PurchasesRezzing
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 23, 2026, 07:06 PM UTC
We are currently investigating the outage of our Support services. At this time residents may experience issues accessing their dashboard on Second Life, logging inworld, and the ability to access Live Chat or to submit a Support case. We greatly apologize for this inconvenience. Please follow this blog for any further updates.
- investigating Aug 23, 2026, 07:10 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- monitoring Aug 23, 2026, 09:00 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- monitoring Aug 23, 2026, 09:25 PM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- resolved Aug 23, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.