Is Fortnite down? Server issues, possible reasons, not working on PS5, Xbox, PC, how to fix, and more

Fortnite experienced unexpected downtime on November 19th, affecting players across all platforms. This outage, lasting approximately 1.5 to 2 hours, occurred due to a major update rollout by Epic Games. Common issues included login failures, matchmaking errors, and game crashes, with solutions involving console restarts, cache clearing, and game reinstallation.