Fortnite was down for scheduled maintenance to deploy the Chapter 6, Season 4 update (v37.00) starting around 2 AM ET on August 7, 2025. This downtime was expected to last around 4 to 5 hours, meaning servers were anticipated to come back online around 6 to 7 AM ET on the same day. If all went well, Fortnite servers should have been back up shortly after that time.
As of today, August 22, 2025, there are no reported Fortnite server incidents or downtimes, and the game services including matchmaking are operational according to Epic Games' status updates.
If you are currently experiencing issues connecting, it may be a local problem or temporary server hiccup, but generally, Fortnite is back up and running following the last major update downtime.
