Matchmaking stops before downtime
Epic Games has scheduled Fortnite downtime for the v43.10 update to begin on Thursday, November 12, at 09:00 UTC, or 4:00 a.m. US Eastern time. Its notice says matchmaking will be disabled 30 minutes beforehand, making the matchmaking cutoff 08:30 UTC, or 3:30 a.m. Eastern.
Those are two separate access changes. Players planning a session should allow for matchmaking to stop before the main maintenance start, rather than assuming new matches remain available until 09:00 UTC.
The listed end time is provisional
Epic’s status page currently shows a scheduled maintenance window of 09:00 to 10:30 UTC. The listed end is an estimate for the maintenance window; it does not confirm that servers will be available at 10:30 UTC.
At the source check for this report, the incident was marked Scheduled. The notice therefore describes a future interruption, not a service outage already in progress.
What the notice covers
The affected components include Fortnite’s game services, login, matchmaking, parties and messaging, voice chat, statistics, Item Shop and Crew, along with LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite Festival matchmaking.
The maintenance notice does not describe new items, map changes or other v43.10 features. Check Epic’s live status page before playing and after the scheduled window for the actual service state.
