Xbox One party chat and online gaming hit by outage issues

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The Microsoft Xbox support page has been updated to reveal the problems currently affecting Xbox One and Xbox on Windows.

"Hey Xbox members, are you having trouble creating or joining your multiplayer sessions? We are aware of this issue and are working to get it fixed right away!" the official Microsoft message reads.

"Thank you for your patience while we work. We’ll post another update when more information becomes available."

Current Xbox One social and gaming issues:
In-game matchmaking
Cloud storage,
Finding friends
Game DVR,
Leaderboards
Avatar editing
Pictures

The outage started at around 7pm UK time and has meant many players have been unable to chat with friends while playing online.

The current error message being displayed while trying to use party function "801901f7" occurs when you try to renew your Xbox Live Gold subscription, according to the official Microsoft website.

The related help article is connected to changing your billing address and subscription details, rendering it useless for those currently affected.

Posted: Jan 13, 2016 5:58 pm
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

Comments

KxrLPosted: Tue. Feb 09, 2016

Bahroz glad this doesnt happen that often to Xbox

yeah thats the only upside with microsoft... the dont fk up often

AR15Posted: Sun. Feb 07, 2016

Strokes First Outage in almost a year!, now to make improvements to ensure it does not happen again!

They seem to be getting better and better about fixing these issues that used to be much more prominent.

BahrozPosted: Thu. Feb 04, 2016

glad this doesnt happen that often to Xbox

OGPosted: Sun. Jan 31, 2016

I remember having problems with this, glad the issue was resolved

StrokesPosted: Sun. Jan 31, 2016

First Outage in almost a year!, now to make improvements to ensure it does not happen again!

ZooklaPosted: Fri. Jan 22, 2016

Also had these problems on wednesday also even though this was a couple days after they claimed to have fixed it

ZooklaPosted: Fri. Jan 22, 2016

I also was having those issues, Irritating but i understand it happens.

KatsumiPosted: Wed. Jan 20, 2016

I've heard about this issue from a few different people. Shame that this happens to a paid service such as Xbox Live.

DeluxeHazardPosted: Sat. Jan 16, 2016

It seems that the entire snap menu is having issues, with the party having the most annoying issues. I get kicked from parties consistently without being notified that I ever left the party and then I'm sitting there unknowingly talking to myself.