Varven@lemmy.world to Minecraft@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agoMinecraft is downlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1imageMinecraft is downlemmy.worldVarven@lemmy.world to Minecraft@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepwnicholson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·18 days agoHow does Minecraft even go down? Was it the MS-run Realms that were down? The entire x-box account authorization system?
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·18 days agoAzure, the hosting platform owned by MS, was experiencing a major outage which took down quite a few sites.
minus-squarexavier666linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoDoes it host the Minecraft authentication system as well? I haven’t been able to play recently to check this.
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoYep, MC auth is tied to Xbox Live Services, which is run on Azure
minus-squarepwnicholson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 days agoYeah, saw something after I left the comment. It was Minecraft per se that was down. It was the x box authorization/login system. Even bigger!
How does Minecraft even go down? Was it the MS-run Realms that were down? The entire x-box account authorization system?
Azure, the hosting platform owned by MS, was experiencing a major outage which took down quite a few sites.
Does it host the Minecraft authentication system as well? I haven’t been able to play recently to check this.
Yep, MC auth is tied to Xbox Live Services, which is run on Azure
Yeah, saw something after I left the comment. It was Minecraft per se that was down. It was the x box authorization/login system. Even bigger!