Fortnite servers down: Matchmaking error irks fans; how long is downtime, when will servers be back and how to fix issue

Fortnite servers went down as the Chapter 7, Season 4 (v42.00) update released today, and matchmaking was disabled before the scheduled downtime. Epic Games had announced the update on August 20. Matchmaking was disabled in preparation for the update, and servers went offline in 30 minutes. Not everyone was aware of the issue, and many reported outages that were not part of the scheduled downtime.

The outage tracking site, Downdetector, reported over 500 users facing issues as of 1:54am ET. Fortnite users complained about matchmaking errors, with some sharing screens of the situation. Servers were expected to be down for 4-6 hours as the 'Override' update was rolled out. Server maintenance began at 2:00am ET, and Fortnite servers were expected to be back between 6:00am ET and 8:00am ET.

Gamers were advised to check server status, restart the game and launcher, toggle matchmaking region, or flush DNS on PC if they faced issues once the servers were back up.