VRChat experienced a minor incident on January 3, 2026 affecting Social / Friends List and Realtime Player State Changes, lasting 2h 20m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Social / Friends ListRealtime Player State Changes
Update timeline
- investigating Jan 03, 2026, 05:04 AM UTC
We're investigating issues with slowness in presence updates (friends list) and changing instances
- monitoring Jan 03, 2026, 06:21 AM UTC
Performance is returning to normal, we're continuing to monitor to ensure things remain stable.
- resolved Jan 03, 2026, 07:25 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.