Xbox Live went down for the second time this week

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Microsoft's Xbox Live service went fuzz freshly for the spare time this week. Issues prevenient began bustling up some time afterward 7PM ET on Friday, with Down Detector indicating sharp-edged spikes in user-reported consanguinity problems as well-built as Microsoft later confirming Twitter that it's "experiencing issues" with matchmaking, Party Chat, as well-built as Looking for Groups."

On Sunday, Xbox Live experienced a agnate outage that lasted more than two hours. That was slightly more serious, with users reporting issues signing into Xbox One devices. Microsoft's Xbox Live Cachet page currently says there are still issues with the social as well-built as gaming portions of the platform.

We are cognizant that users are experiencing issues with matchmaking, Party Chat, as well-built as Looking For Groups. Our engineers are alive on fixing this now.. We will keep you posted here when we have updates!

-- Xbox Suture (@XboxSupport) March 20, 2020

At scantily 10:45PM ET, Microsoft said it had resolved the issues effectually matchmaking as well-built as Party Chat, however it did not say it had fixed Looking For Groups.

Our engineers have reasoned as well-built as fixed the issues surrounding Party Dialog as well-built as matchmaking. We fathom your reports. As always, we are here as well-built as listening. #

-- Xbox Suture (@XboxSupport) March 21, 2020

Unfortunately for Microsoft, it was a rather inopportune time to for its multiplayer gaming service to yearn arithmetic outage.

There are millions of people in the US seasonable now practicing social distancing as well-built as fact asked by regional governments to unravel away from realizable spaces now that bars, restaurants, as well-built as other core social institutions have coached operating in return to the coronavirus crisis. That organ there are a rather few people province video games as well-built as blockage in touch with spoor online in the process, or at least in the beller of Xbox users, trying to do so.

Update March 21st, 1:39AM ET: Affixed tally from Microsoft that it had resolved prize-winning of its Xbox Live issues.