# VRChat outage on 9 October 2026

> On 9 October, VRChat had a major outage. The status page reported degraded performance and instability in its API systems that stopped the VRChat client and website from working normally. The incident was open from 22:26 to 23:33 UTC (1 h 6 min), but the status page's updates said latency and errors were back to normal levels by 23:00. During that period the friends list component was affected from 22:26 to 23:00. Cursor, Asana, Gamma and Sprout Social also reported problems around the same time.

- Service: [VRChat](https://stackpulse.app/services/vrchat.md)
- Severity: major_outage
- Title on the status page: API Performance Issues
- Started: 2026-10-09 22:27 UTC
- Ended: 2026-10-09 23:33 UTC
- Lasted: 1 h 6 min
- Incident open on the status page: 22:26–23:33 UTC
- The status page's incident: https://stspg.io/xnvskm0q2970
- Page: https://stackpulse.app/services/vrchat/outages/2026-10-09-2227

## What broke when (UTC)

| Component | Status | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| API / Website - Social / Friends List | degraded performance | 2026-10-09 22:26 | 2026-10-09 23:00 |

## At the same time

- [Cursor](https://stackpulse.app/services/cursor.md): issue from 2026-10-09 21:35 UTC
- [Asana](https://stackpulse.app/services/asana.md): issue from 2026-10-09 22:06 UTC
- [Gamma](https://stackpulse.app/services/gamma.md): major_outage from 2026-10-09 22:32 UTC
- [Sprout Social](https://stackpulse.app/services/sprout-social.md): issue from 2026-10-09 22:53 UTC

Problems at the same time are a clue, never proof that one caused another.

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