Is VRChat Down?

Is VRChat down right now? We check VRChat's official status page as you arrive, then show any outage, its 90-day uptime and what to use instead.

Working normallyChecked

VRChat says everything is working.

Coming up: 1 planned maintenance window
  • 12 Nov, 08:00 to 12:00 UK time Realtime Networking Maintenance (USE) (USA, East (Washington D.C.))

From VRChat's official status page, read again when you open this page. This page updates by itself.

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Uptime and history

VRChat uptime and outage history

Uptime
99.97%
Time without a major outage
Problems reported
6
Time with problems
39 h 40 min
Major outages
37 min
Last problem
9 Oct
90 days agoToday
  • No problems
  • Some problems
  • Major outage
  • Planned work
  • No record yet

How it compares

With 4 other apps in Games over the last 90 days, by what each reports on its own status page.

  • Problems reportedAbout typical6 here, typical 10
  • UptimeAbout typical99.97% here, typical 99.95%
  • Typical time to fixSlower than most53 min here, typical 47 min

Openness

How well VRChat keeps people informed when something goes wrong.

  • Reports problems openly: 6 posted on its status page in the last 90 days
  • Keeps people updated: 3.2 updates per problem on average

Posting small problems openly is a good sign. An app that reports more problems isn't necessarily less reliable than one that reports fewer.

Recent

Recent problems

  1. Wiki Maintenence

    Planned maintenance · 14 h 37 min

  2. API Performance Issues

    Some problems · 1 h 6 min

  3. Realtime Networking Performance Issues (USE, USW)

    Some problems · 2 h 27 min

  4. Steam Login Issues

    Some problems · 40 min

  5. API Performance Issues

    Major outage · 37 min

  6. Avatar Load Issues

    Some problems · 35 min

  7. Realtime Networking Performance Issues

    Some problems · 34 h 14 min

  8. API Performance Issues

    Major outage · 2 h 21 min

Parts

What VRChat reports on

  • API / WebsiteWorking
  • Realtime NetworkingWorking

The record

How often is VRChat down?

VRChat has reported 48 problems since June 2025, about 3 a month. It rated 11 of them as major outages.

Last 90 days6 problems, up from 5 in the 90 days before
Typical time to fix2 h 56 min
Longest problem5 days 2 h, starting 25 Dec 2025: Login Affected by Upstream Provider
Last problem9 Oct 2026: API Performance Issues (1 h 6 min)
Longest quiet spell68 days without a problem, from 16 Mar 2026 to 24 May 2026
Part hit mostAuthentication / Login, in 25 of 48 problems, then Realtime Player State Changes, in 23
Busiest monthJanuary 2026, with 7 problems
Busiest daySunday, when 8 of the 48 problems started
Left out of these figures1 planned maintenance post

From VRChat's own status page, as far back as we can read it in full.

What to do while VRChat is down

Alternatives

If VRChat isn't working

Other apps that do the same job, ranked by their own record over the last 90 days.

AppNowProblems, last 90 daysTime with problemsWebsite
FortniteWorking normally63 hVisit Fortnite
HypixelWorking normally29 h 6 minVisit Hypixel

Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.

Safety

Is VRChat safe to use?

Facts from its own public records, checked every day.

Fake emails in its name
Sent to spam. Emails pretending to come from vrchat.com go to the spam folder. Check your own domain with LeadLamp
Secure connection
Yes. Its website certificate is valid until 2 Dec 2026 (issued by Google Trust Services).
Security contact
Not published. We didn't find a security.txt file telling researchers where to report problems. Many apps use their help pages instead.
Known data breaches
None listed. Have I Been Pwned lists no data breaches for vrchat.com.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 from vrchat.com's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).

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Every problem VRChat reports, as it happens, in your feed reader or a team channel.

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VRChat status VRChat uptime

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About VRChat

Social virtual reality worlds.

On Appys it’s listed under Games, with the other online games we follow. Every status and figure on this page comes from VRChat’s official status page, where VRChat’s own team posts problems and fixes.

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