Riot Games outage — August 1, 2026

Shrouded Step targeter bug

Riot Games’s VALORANT was disrupted for 16h 06m on August 1, 2026.

Key facts

Timeline

1. 00:18Z

   Detected · Official

   Reported directly on RIOT's official status page — no earlier independent (crowd / dependency / measurement) signal.
2. 16:24Z

   Resolved

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

How this was detected

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