VRChat incident

API Performance Issues

Major Resolved View vendor source →

VRChat experienced a major incident on October 9, 2026 affecting Authentication / Login and Social / Friends List and 1 more component, lasting 1h 6m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 09, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 09, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC
Duration
1h 6m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 09, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC

Affected components

Authentication / LoginSocial / Friends ListSDK Asset UploadsRealtime Player State Changes

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 09, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC

    We're aware of and are investigating degraded performance and instability of our API systems causing the VRChat client and website to stop functioning normally.

  2. monitoring Oct 09, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC

    We're seeing latency and errors returning to normal levels, will continue monitoring

  3. resolved Oct 09, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.