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On September 2, 2026, the Xbox network listed sign-in and profile creation issues as major outages. Microsoft said some users were experiencing errors when signing in, viewing their game libraries, and launching games, and that engineers were working on a resolution.
The core issue in this outage is Xbox account and profile authentication.
Current Status
As of 17:00 on September 2, 2026, the official Xbox status page listed sign-in and profile creation as outage items. However, Microsoft had not disclosed the root cause of the outage or its final scope of impact.
Therefore, it is not possible to determine the technical cause solely from error messages or interpret the situation as all Xbox functions being down simultaneously. After publication, check the [official Xbox status page](https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status) again for recovery updates and affected services.
Impact
According to reports published that day, the affected services included:
- Xbox consoles
- PC
- Cloud gaming
- Mobile
- Xbox on Windows
Users could experience problems signing in, checking their game libraries, and launching games. Minecraft Bedrock users reportedly encountered issues with sign-in, Realms, and multiplayer features that rely on Xbox and Microsoft account authentication. This should be understood as an impact on account-authentication-dependent features, not as a confirmed outage of all Minecraft services.
When to Check Next
If you are using Xbox, check the sign-in and profile creation items on the official status page before repeatedly trying to launch a game. Since Microsoft had not disclosed the root cause or the final scope of impact, the recovery status should also be judged only after the official status page has been updated.
This report is based on the [official Xbox Support status page](https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status), [VICE’s report](https://www.vice.com/en/article/xbox-live-down-server-outage/), and [Windows Report’s coverage](https://windowsreport.com/is-minecraft-down-due-to-xbox-outage-players-report-sign-in-issues-across-bedrock-realms-and-multiplayer/). The sources were checked at 17:00 on September 2, 2026.