Critical incident

VRChat: API Performance Issues

Affected: Authentication / Login, Social / Friends List, SDK Asset Uploads, Realtime Player State Changes

Current status of VRChat: Operational — live VRChat status

Timeline

1. Sep 22, 2026, 08:08 UTC
   investigating
   We're aware of and are investigating degraded performance and instability of our API systems causing the VRChat client and website to stop functioning normally.
2. Sep 22, 2026, 08:29 UTC
   monitoring
   We're seeing latency and errors returning to normal levels, will continue monitoring
3. Sep 22, 2026, 08:45 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved

Updates as published by VRChat (original).