VRChat experienced a critical incident on September 6, 2025 affecting Authentication / Login and Social / Friends List and 1 more component, lasting 1h 2m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Authentication / LoginSocial / Friends ListSDK Asset UploadsRealtime Player State Changes
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 06, 2025, 05:07 AM UTC
We're currently observing issues with logging in to VRChat and receiving friend presence updates
- identified Sep 06, 2025, 05:16 AM UTC
We've identified the issue as a problem with one of our upstream providers. We're actively working to implement mitigations.
- monitoring Sep 06, 2025, 05:37 AM UTC
We've implemented a fix and things are stabilizing, we'll continue to monitor. If you're stuck with an empty friends list you may need to restart VRChat.
- resolved Sep 06, 2025, 06:09 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.