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Epic Games outage — August 5, 2026

Fortnite Reload Matchmaking Issues

Epic Games’s Matchmaking was disrupted for 1h 01m on August 5, 2026.

Key facts

DetectedAugust 5, 2026 · 22:23 UTC
Confirmed22:23 UTC
Resolved23:24 UTC
Duration1h 01m
ServiceMatchmaking
Official recordhttps://stspg.io/mxxrtczpvcd9

Timeline

  1. 22:23Z

    Detected · Official

    Reported directly on EPICGAMES's official status page — no earlier independent (crowd / dependency / measurement) signal.
  2. 23:24Z

    Resolved

    Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.

How this was detected

Confirmed by EPICGAMES's official status page — no independent (crowd / dependency / measurement) corroboration.