Essential - Essential Network Improvements – Maintenance details

All systems operational

Essential Network Improvements

Completed
Scheduled for October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM – 10:07 PMUTC

Affects

Connection Manager

Under maintenance from 9:00 AM to 10:07 PM

Features

Under maintenance from 9:00 AM to 10:07 PM

Authentication

Under maintenance from 9:00 AM to 10:07 PM

Chat

Under maintenance from 9:00 AM to 10:07 PM

Payments

Under maintenance from 9:00 AM to 10:07 PM

Wardrobe

Under maintenance from 9:00 AM to 10:07 PM

Updates
  • Completed
    October 29, 2025 at 10:07 PMUTC
    Completed
    October 29, 2025 at 10:07 PMUTC
    Maintenance has completed successfully.
  • Update
    October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PMUTC
    Update
    October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PMUTC

    The maintenance has been completed and users should be able to connect to the Essential Network. However, users may experience instability when using Essential. We are currently working on a fix for this issue.

  • Update
    October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PMUTC
    Update
    October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PMUTC

    Our maintenance is almost complete, but the Essential network cannot be brought back online due to Microsoft having issues with their infrastructure.

    Microsoft are estimating that their issues will be solved at 23:20 UTC. We will give an update once the Microsoft outage is resolved.

    https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status

  • Update
    October 29, 2025 at 5:54 PMUTC
    Update
    October 29, 2025 at 5:54 PMUTC

    Maintenance is still in progress. We are currently doing final testing before we open the Essential network again.

    Microsoft currently has an outage which is preventing us from doing this final testing, however, so we will update this status page once the Microsoft outage is resolved: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status

  • Update
    October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PMUTC
    Update
    October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PMUTC

    The maintenance is still in progress, we have extended the downtime by an hour.

  • In progress
    October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AMUTC
    In progress
    October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AMUTC
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AMUTC
    Planned
    October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AMUTC

    We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.

    You will be unable to:

    • Use the Essential chat

    • Join or start hosting worlds

    • Use cosmetics/emotes

    • Upload screenshots via the screenshot manager