Account Service Issues

Incident Report for Epic Games Public

Resolved

Login and game service issues have been resolved and we've returned to a healthy state.
Posted Apr 12, 2018 - 19:07 UTC

Update

We are starting to see improvements across all platforms. More updates in an hour!
Posted Apr 12, 2018 - 17:47 UTC

Identified

Services should begin to recover over the next couple of hours. Due to issues with our account system, players on PS4 will be unable to login for an additional period of time. We’re sorry for the extended downtime. We’ll update you in an hour.
Posted Apr 12, 2018 - 16:52 UTC

Investigating

We've made progress on our internal investigations and believe we may understand the problem!
Posted Apr 12, 2018 - 15:46 UTC

Update

We're still working on the database upgrade process, and remain in downtime.
Posted Apr 12, 2018 - 06:10 UTC

Update

We'll be undergoing emergency downtime to deploy major upgrades to our database systems.
Posted Apr 12, 2018 - 02:24 UTC

Identified

The initial fix was unable to handle returning traffic, and we're again experiencing issues with login success.
Posted Apr 12, 2018 - 01:15 UTC

Monitoring

We've worked to mitigate the issue, and are starting to see recovery.
Posted Apr 12, 2018 - 00:57 UTC

Update

Matchmaking is degraded as a result of current account service issues.
Posted Apr 11, 2018 - 21:59 UTC

Identified

Login is currently blocked across all Epic endpoints, including games, websites, and the Epic Games Launcher.
This is due to a database failure which we are working to resolve as quickly as possible.
In a measure towards resolution, matchmaking will be blocked for a short period.
Thank you for your patience!
Posted Apr 11, 2018 - 21:44 UTC

Investigating

We're experiencing issues with our account services that may cause login issues.
Posted Apr 11, 2018 - 21:03 UTC