VRChat experienced a minor incident on January 4, 2026 affecting Social / Friends List and Realtime Player State Changes, lasting 2h 51m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Social / Friends ListRealtime Player State Changes
Update timeline
- investigating Jan 04, 2026, 05:10 AM UTC
We're investigating issues with slowness in friends list updates and changing instances
- monitoring Jan 04, 2026, 07:23 AM UTC
Performance is returning to normal, we're continuing to monitor to ensure things remain stable.
- resolved Jan 04, 2026, 08:02 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.