Fortnite is undergoing scheduled maintenance
Epic’s Fortnite v43.00 maintenance entry is marked in progress on November 1, 2026. Game services, login, matchmaking and the Item Shop are among the components listed under maintenance. LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite Festival matchmaking are also included.
Epic first announced the downtime on October 30. The new status update at 05:00 UTC on November 1 confirms that the scheduled maintenance is in progress.
When downtime began in your time zone
The announced start was 05:00 UTC on November 1. Matchmaking was scheduled to close 30 minutes earlier, at 04:30 UTC. The downtime start corresponds to:
New York and Toronto: 1am EDT on November 1, before the overnight clock change.
Los Angeles and Vancouver: 10pm PDT on October 31.
Sydney and Melbourne: 4pm AEDT on November 1.
Brisbane: 3pm AEST on November 1. Perth: 1pm AWST on November 1.
When will the servers return?
Epic’s status record lists a planned maintenance window from 05:00 to 08:00 UTC. At publication, the entry remains in progress. The scheduled end is not confirmation that login and matchmaking will be restored at that exact time.
Use the official incident page linked below for completion updates. A downloaded update alone does not confirm that the online services have reopened.
Console pre-downloads
Fortnite Status announced pre-downloads rolling out from 7pm EDT, or 23:00 UTC, on October 31 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Its recommendation is to enable automatic updates on those systems.
