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Fortnite is a co-op and battle royale sandbox survival video game developed by People Can Fly and published by Epic Games.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Fortnite reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Fortnite Outage Chart 03/18/2026 04:55

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Fortnite users through our website.

  1. Matchmaking (36%)

    Matchmaking (36%)

  2. Sign in (34%)

    Sign in (34%)

  3. Online Play (14%)

    Online Play (14%)

  4. Glitches (11%)

    Glitches (11%)

  5. Game Crash (5%)

    Game Crash (5%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Fortnite outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
MexicoTijuana Matchmaking
MexicoSantiago de Querétaro Glitches
FranceTournefeuille Game Crash
BelgiumBrussels Glitches
FranceAnnemasse Matchmaking
FranceBrest Matchmaking
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Fortnite Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • MarshymeIIo0407 Marshy (@MarshymeIIo0407) reported

    @machotweets @FortniteGame Look nobody actually cares about woman/men days Literally everyone acknowledged it today bc not everyone knew that we even had a Woman’s/Mens day… Just take it and move on Not everything has to be a problem

  • Keckos1 Keckos (@Keckos1) reported

    @FortniteGame Fix your ******* missions, I cant finish the spiderman quest with the swinging 25 m part

  • MrsKwanBestie Mrs Kwan 🇺🇦 (@MrsKwanBestie) reported

    @ShockingChaos @sleepythelia @FishThiccer I don't even have the fortnite skin 🤭 It was my ******* opinion and if you have a problem with it, be a man which - you say you are - and leave.

  • Osiris_Forgives Adam (@Osiris_Forgives) reported

    Is anyone else having problems on fortnite like seriously instead of going to the island for pre battle I go straight to the battle bus and I'm immediately kicked off I don't even get a chance to choose where I want to go and for about 2 minutes I had nothing but spaz's

  • evanmoren Evan Moren (@evanmoren) reported

    @FortniteGame @FortniteStatus FIX YOUR GAME

  • airfeeee airfeeee (@airfeeee) reported

    @JakeSucky @PowerGPU My pc lag bad When i play fortnite and i can’t afford a new one to go pro :(

  • unwebs . (@unwebs) reported

    i got the new crew pack but i didn’t get the 1000 v bucks that i was supposed to get with it? please fix this @FortniteGame

  • ErrixGTX OatFN (@ErrixGTX) reported

    @FortniteGame Remember when yall did a downtime for party issues? I still can hear any party members and i have voice channel on party. They csn hear me but i cant hear them

  • samcwhufc #GSBOUT ⚒Sam the Hammer⚒ #GSBOUT (@samcwhufc) reported

    @FortniteGame reboot vans not working and the spidey challenge ‘swinging in neighbourhoods’ not registering

  • backforcee backforce (@backforcee) reported

    @The1Jaren It was pretty easy back in chapter 1, a little struggle but worked, but then you couldnt create an account for fortnite of you didnt live there I forgot my old login too

  • Meezo20 shade (@Meezo20) reported

    I’m tired as fuuuuuuuh but i’m tryna fix this sleep schedule. Live in a bit for some fortnite ! 🥵😈

  • vernerireeuu verneri (@vernerireeuu) reported

    @FortniteGame fix the rebooting bug!!!!!

  • __ejohn__ ejohn 🏳️‍🌈 (@__ejohn__) reported

    @FortniteGame what’s up with reboot vans not working for my squad????? i went through the reboot process 4 times and my teammates aren’t coming back

  • Michaelp06 Michael Patrick (@Michaelp06) reported

    @FortniteGame I’ve been trying to do the travel 25 meters with spider man gloves, I’ve traveled 25 meters in every single location marked by the challenge and it says I’m at 2/3 completed. Can you fix this before I go insane?

  • Jxlson0 Jxlson (@Jxlson0) reported

    @KianDmc @9TKyro @FortniteGame Only smgs broken, rest of game is fine

  • JustinP89929975 Justin Patton (@JustinP89929975) reported

    @FortniteGame issues in the lobby

  • rox_megamall rox rp (@rox_megamall) reported

    @maritza96477166 @baugettii @FortniteGame A certain way to be black. I'm not trying to deny the problems that women go through that make it hard to be a woman but a lot of hard stuff that African Americans go through everyday isn't talked about at all and is forgotten all the time but that's why we have

  • K0nstantine1313 ℂoηs†aη†iηe ✊🏿🇺🇦 (@K0nstantine1313) reported

    If anyone is experiencing a #fortnite error that's giving you the code "esp-inst-dl01" it's server related. Dont stress, use vpn on your phone & set up a hot spot then using your phones internet, download the 1.15 kb update. @saba_valynaz experienced this issue & that fixed it.

  • serenastreams Serena ☁️ (@serenastreams) reported

    @JakeSucky @PowerGPU my pc is starting to have issues running fortnite :(

  • datsungaming datsungaming (@datsungaming) reported

    Why #Fortnite get new update each time game fully break and I have to wait on #EpicGames fix it

  • Zombieisyouyou Zombie (@Zombieisyouyou) reported

    @FNCompetitive Fortnite competitive is really at its lowest maybe try to fix something and just stop worrying about skins

  • SantiDaBoi SantiagoL (@SantiDaBoi) reported

    @Ready2Rumbl3__ @BeanNotHere They renamed it epic mini experiences so roblox wouldn’t get sued because Of the Fortnite and Apple problem

  • PushToStartYT Inkyz (@PushToStartYT) reported

    @yorehaha @FortniteGame @FortniteStatus I tried it a couple time that doesn't seem to be the problem. I hope they actually do something about it though

  • SergeantSlime05 Dylan McNight (@SergeantSlime05) reported

    @FortniteGame I may have found something that could be an issue. I was playing with one of my friends who has a relatively new account (a few weeks) and I noticed that the lobbies were oddly easy when they were the party leader. I decided to test this further by creating a... (rest in replies)

  • K0nstantine1313 ℂoηs†aη†iηe ✊🏿🇺🇦 (@K0nstantine1313) reported

    If anyone is experiencing a #fortnite error that's giving you the code "esp-inst-dl01" it's server related. Dont stress, use vpn on your phone & set up a hot spot then using your phones internet download the 1.15 kb update. @saba_valynaz experienced this issue & that fixed it.

  • Techranology Ranvir 🇺🇦 (@Techranology) reported

    I cancelled the updates for Fortnite and F1 2021 on my Xbox Series S, and both games auto-uninstalled from my console. Has anyone else run into this issue?

  • TimSh80 Tim (@TimSh80) reported

    @FortniteGame reboot vans are broken in deuos,trios and squads. Please fix asap

  • ash444d A (@ash444d) reported

    Anyone elses fortnite reboot van not working?

  • Hewy42670388 Hewy (@Hewy42670388) reported

    @SwiftyBoyo @machotweets @FortniteGame It's bait don't worry. It's intended for pepole who think that men don't have problems. I do have problems tho lol

  • Xiizylol Xiizy (@Xiizylol) reported

    @FortniteGame Reboot vans are broken in arena