Mojang and Minecraft server status
We check ten Mojang and Microsoft services every minute. Without them you cannot sign in to the game, join a server or play on Realms. Mojang shut down status.mojang.com in 2021, so we measure them ourselves.
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What we check
Each of these services handles a different part of the game, so each outage looks different.
- Session server (
sessionserver.mojang.com) confirms your account when you join a server withonline-mode=true. When it is down, servers kick players with the "Failed to verify username" error. - Mojang API (
api.mojang.com) turns player names into UUIDs. Servers, plugins and skin sites rely on it. - Minecraft Services (
api.minecraftservices.com) stores player profiles, skins and capes, and checks at sign-in whether the account owns the game. - Skin server (
textures.minecraft.net) serves skin files. When it is down, players in the game get default skins. - Microsoft sign-in (
login.live.com) and Xbox Live (user.auth.xboxlive.com) handle signing in to your Microsoft account in the launcher. When either is down, you cannot sign in to the launcher. - Realms for Java Edition (
pc.realms.minecraft.net) and Bedrock Edition (pocket.realms.minecraft.net) are separate services, so Realms can work in one edition and not in the other. - Bedrock services (
client.discovery.minecraft-services.net) tell Bedrock Edition at start-up where its other online services are. - Game downloads (
piston-meta.mojang.com) provides the version list the launcher reads before downloading the game and its updates.
How to read the results
Every minute, the minecraft.pl server sends a request to each service and compares the answer with the one the service returns when it works normally. Some services refuse the request, because we ask without a player account. That refusal still tells us the service is up.
- Working: the service answered as usual in under 5 seconds.
- Slow: the answer came, but after more than 5 seconds. Signing in or joining a server may take longer.
- Error: the service answered differently than usual, for example with another HTTP code or a redirect.
- Down: no answer within 10 seconds, or a server error (HTTP 5xx codes). Before we show this state, we retry after 2 seconds.
The bar under each service shows the last 24 hours in half-hour blocks. Each block's colour is the worst result in that half-hour, and hovering over it shows the times. Uptime is the share of checks in which the service was not Down. An outage makes the list when the service is Down in at least two checks in a row, so a single failed check is not an outage yet.
We measure from one server. If everything is green here but you cannot sign in, the problem may be your connection, your account or only part of Microsoft's infrastructure.
What to do when Mojang's servers are down
When Mojang or Microsoft has an outage, changing your password, reinstalling the game or restarting your router will not help. All you can do is wait, and this page shows when the service is back.
- When the session server is red, you cannot join servers with
online-mode=true, but singleplayer usually works fine. - When Microsoft sign-in or Xbox Live is red, do not sign out of the launcher. Your saved session may still work, while signing in again will fail.
- When everything is green and you still cannot connect, go through the guide Can't connect to a Minecraft server. To check a specific server, use the server status checker.
Frequently asked questions
Is Minecraft down right now?
The status of each service is at the top of this page, and we refresh it every minute. Green means the service works normally, yellow that it answers slowly, and red that it is down or answers differently than usual.
What happened to status.mojang.com?
Mojang shut down status.mojang.com and its API in 2021, and the address no longer works. That is why we measure the availability of Mojang and Microsoft services ourselves.
Where does the data on this page come from?
From our own checks. Every minute, the minecraft.pl server sends a request to each of the ten services and records whether it answered, how fast and with which code. We do not wait for announcements from Mojang or Microsoft, so an outage usually shows up here within 1-3 minutes.
Why do I get the Failed to verify username error?
The server could not confirm your account with Mojang's session server. If the session server is red here, wait for the outage to end. If it is green, restart the launcher and the game, and if that does not help, sign out and sign in again.
Everything is green but I cannot join a server. What now?
Then the problem most likely lies with the server, your connection or your account. Check the server with our server status checker, then go through the guide Can't connect to a Minecraft server in the Help section.
Related tools and guides
- Can't connect to a Minecraft server - every cause of connection errors and how to fix it
- Server status checker - status, players and version of any server
- Minecraft help - the most common problems with the game and the launcher
- All online tools - command generators, calculators and more
