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Jul 2026

Social Features Disabled
  • Resolved
    UTC
    Resolved

    This incident has been resolved. If you are still unable to use any social features or the wardrobe, please try restarting your game. If issues persist, reach out to the support team in our Discord server.

  • Monitoring
    UTC
    Monitoring
    We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.
  • Update
    UTC
    Update

    Users may not be able to invite players to worlds, create friendships, send chat messages, or use the Wardrobe at this time.

  • Identified
    UTC
    Identified

    Social features have temporarily been disabled to allow for technical changes to take place, this status page will be resolved once they are available again.

Increased latency on connections to the Connection Manager
  • Resolved
    UTC
    Resolved
    This incident has been resolved.
  • Monitoring
    UTC
    Monitoring
    We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.
  • Investigating
    UTC
    Investigating

    We are currently investigating this incident, users may have issues when connecting to Essential, or attempting to perform tasks like purchasing cosmetics, messaging friends, etc.

General Connection Manager Instabilities
  • Resolved
    UTC
    Resolved
    This incident has been resolved.
  • Monitoring
    UTC
    Monitoring

    We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. Users may have issues when connecting to Essential, or attempting to perform tasks like purchasing cosmetics, messaging friends, etc.

  • Investigating
    UTC
    Investigating

    We are currently investigating this incident. Users may have issues when connecting to Essential, or attempting to perform tasks like purchasing cosmetics, messaging friends, etc.

Jun 2026

Connecting to the Essential Network
  • Resolved
    UTC
    Resolved
    This incident has been resolved.
  • Investigating
    UTC
    Investigating

    Users may not be able to connect to the Essential network.

World Hosting maintenance
  • Completed
    June 12, 2026 at 10:05 AMUTC
    Completed
    June 12, 2026 at 10:05 AMUTC
    Maintenance has completed successfully.
  • In progress
    June 12, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC
    In progress
    June 12, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    June 11, 2026 at 4:28 PMUTC
    Planned
    June 11, 2026 at 4:28 PMUTC

    We will be performing maintenance on our World Hosting services. You may be disconnected from existing sessions and unable to join another world until maintenance has completed.

Connecting to the Essential Network and accessing other essential.gg services
  • Resolved
    UTC
    Resolved

    We have implemented a fix for the issue.

    Users may still have issues connecting to the Essential Network or accessing essential.gg services. This is out of our control, and depends on how long it takes for your DNS provider or system to refresh its cache.

    We recommend trying Cloudflare's DNS if you are still having issues connecting to Essential.

  • Monitoring
    UTC
    Monitoring
    We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.
  • Update
    UTC
    Update
    We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.
  • Identified
    UTC
    Identified
    We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.
  • Investigating
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    Investigating

    Users may not be able to connect to the Essential network, or access any essential.gg services, due to an issue that we are investigating related to SSL.

Essential Network Improvements
  • Completed
    June 03, 2026 at 11:47 AMUTC
    Completed
    June 03, 2026 at 11:47 AMUTC
    Maintenance has completed successfully.
  • In progress
    June 03, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC
    In progress
    June 03, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    June 03, 2026 at 10:00 AMUTC
    Planned
    June 03, 2026 at 10:00 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

Unable to connect to the Essential Network
  • Resolved
    UTC
    Resolved

    This incident has been resolved. If you are still unable to connect to the Essential Network, please try:

    1. Restarting your game.

    2. Restarting your launcher.

    3. Signing out and back-in to your Minecraft account within your launcher.

    If issues persist after trying all of the steps above, please contact our support team in our Discord server.

  • Monitoring
    UTC
    Monitoring

    The issue with Mojang's authentication servers appears to be resolving, users should be able to connect to the Essential Network again after restarting their game. We will resolve this status entry once we observe signs of full recovery.

  • Identified
    UTC
    Identified

    Users are currently unable to connect to the Essential network due to an issue with Mojang's authentication servers, we will resolve this status page entry once the problem is fixed.

May 2026

Connecting to the Essential Network
  • Resolved
    UTC
    Resolved
    This incident has been resolved.
  • Investigating
    UTC
    Investigating

    We are aware of issues impacting connections to the Essential Network which we hope to have resolved as soon as we can

Scheduled maintenance for media.essential.gg
  • Completed
    May 26, 2026 at 12:31 PMUTC
    Completed
    May 26, 2026 at 12:31 PMUTC
    Maintenance has completed successfully.
  • In progress
    May 26, 2026 at 12:04 PMUTC
    In progress
    May 26, 2026 at 12:04 PMUTC
    Maintenance is now in progress.
  • Planned
    May 26, 2026 at 12:00 PMUTC
    Planned
    May 26, 2026 at 12:00 PMUTC

    media.essential.gg will not be available during this time. Users will not be able to: view screenshots on media.essential.gg or upload screenshots via the in-game Screenshot Browser.

May 2026 to Jul 2026

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