VRChat incident

API Performance Issues

Critical Resolved View vendor source →

VRChat experienced a critical incident on July 15, 2026 affecting Authentication / Login and Social / Friends List and 1 more component, lasting 2h 21m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jul 15, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 15, 2026, 02:38 PM UTC
Duration
2h 21m
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 15, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC

Affected components

Authentication / LoginSocial / Friends ListSDK Asset UploadsRealtime Player State Changes

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jul 15, 2026, 12:17 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 Jul 15, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Jul 15, 2026, 02:38 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.