UNITED STATES — September 17, 2026 — Fortnite servers are currently offline as Epic Games rolls out the v42.20 update for Chapter 7 Season 4.
Players across North America, Europe and other regions began seeing “servers not responding” and matchmaking disabled early this morning. The downtime is scheduled maintenance, not an unexpected outage.
When Did Fortnite Servers Go Down?
Downtime started at approximately 4:00 AM ET on September 17, 2026. Matchmaking was turned off about 30 minutes earlier.
When Will Fortnite Servers Be Back Up?
Epic Games has not given an exact return time, but based on previous similar updates the servers are expected to return around 6:00 AM ET (roughly two hours of downtime). Some regions may see slightly different windows.
Players should keep an eye on the official Fortnite Status account and the Epic Games status page for the latest word. Once servers come back online you will need to download the new update before jumping into a match.
What Is in the v42.20 Update?
The update includes new Battle Royale gameplay changes, quality-of-life improvements, and the long-awaited Kingdom Hearts collaboration content.
If you are still seeing “servers not responding” after the expected return window, try restarting the Epic Games Launcher or your console, verifying game files, and checking your internet connection.
Shivam Das News will update this story as soon as official confirmation of servers returning arrives.
