Major incident

VRChat: Avatar Load Issues

Affected: Realtime Player State Changes

Current status of VRChat: Operational — live VRChat status

Timeline

1. Aug 19, 2026, 12:46 UTC
   investigating
   We're aware of and are investigating issues resulting in avatars failing to load
2. Aug 19, 2026, 12:47 UTC
   identified
   The issue has been identified and a fix has been rolled out, it will take a bit of time for things to completely return to normal
3. Aug 19, 2026, 13:15 UTC
   monitoring
   Things are returning to normal, we will continue monitoring to ensure things remain stable
4. Aug 19, 2026, 13:21 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by VRChat (original).