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We understand service outages or breakage are pretty common. But when an outage ends up concerning a massive user base, it becomes worth highlighting. Something similar is happening with Valorant as of writing this.

For past some time, a proliferation of reports saying valorant is down or servers are down are populating the online discussion platform Twitter. Take a look at what some of the complainants have to say:

@PlayVALORANT
dear valorant, ur server is down, and all player got disconected, and i got ban caise afk
source

valorant: server down
also valorant:
source

Here’s the error that users get to see:

Valorant_down

Down detector also conveys Valorant is going through a rough patch in some regions as can be seen in the live outage map below:

valorant_outage

While reports continue to snowball, there’s yet to come an official word from the service providers. Worry not, we’re keeping a close watch on the service providers social media channels for more information on what could be causing this problem.

We’ll share with you the relevant developments as and when we bump into any. So keep a tab of this space for the latest info on the matter.

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Update 1 (June 26, 2021)

IST 05:17 pm: According to recent reports from Twitter and Downdetector, it seems Valorat servers are down and players are getting the error code #Val43.

#valorant server down! Error code #val43 fix it asap @PlayVALORANT @riotgames
Source

Update 2 (July 13, 2021)

IST 01:21 pm: Many users have taken to social platforms such as Twitter to report that Valorant servers are once again down and not working.

was winning 4-1 when suddenly valorant server goes down and now it counted as a loss??? hello (Source)

@PlayVALORANT should not penalize players who got DC-ed because of servers being down. (Source)

Downdetector also indicates that users are facing issues playing Valorant:

valorant-servers-down-not-working
(Source)

Update 3 (August 27, 2021)

IST 03:20 pm: Players recently reported that Valorant servers were down for a while. Riot Games seems to have scheduled server maintenance because of which the game was temporarily unavailable.

Update 4 (October 05, 2021)

IST 01:02 pm: Reports coming in from players of Valorant indicate that there might be an issue with the game. Many players report being unable to load the game and being forced to log out.

DownDetector also shows a sharp increase in the number of reports from users over the past few hours.

valorant outage oct 5
Source

Update 5 (Febraury 05, 2022)

IST 02:19 pm: It appears that Valorant is down and not working for players around the world as we’re seeing fresh reports flood Twitter and other social platforms with claims that the game isn’t working.

@PlayVALORANT VALORANT IS DOWN (Source)

is valorant server down? I played unrank and all my teams except me, suddenly disconnected but in the enemy team nothing got disconnected (Source)

@RiotSupport Valorant India server down? Facing Val 43 Error. (Source)

Update 6 (Febraury 08, 2022)

10:01 am (IST): Reports on Downdetector are seemingly decreased compared to the day when there was an outage. This means that the issue is resolved for many, however, there are still some users reporting it.

Update 7 (May 24, 2022)

11:51 am (IST): Fresh user reports on Twitter and Downdetector suggest that Volarant is currently down or not working for many.

Update 8 (May 26, 2022)

09:37 am (IST): The recent issue with Valorant is seemingly resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh user reports on Downdetector.

Update 9 (June 7, 2022)

11:56 am (IST): According to reports on Twitter and Downdetector, Valorant is currently down or not working for many.

06:21 pm (IST): The recent outage with Valorant has been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh user reports on Downdetector.

Update 10 (July 21, 2022)

08:56 am (IST): Valorant players are reporting that they aren’t able to play the game as it’s currently down and not working and throwing the ‘Val Code 19’ error.

@PlayVALORANT are you at least gonna give us an update or something bro .-. val 19 (Source)

Anyone else getting a Val 19 code what’s going on with riots servers ? (Source)

05:56 pm (IST): The recent outage with Volarant appears to have been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh reports on Twitter.

Update 11 (September 7, 2022)

12:14 pm (IST): Fresh reports on Twitter and Downdetector indicate that Valorant is currently down or not working for many.

06:57 pm (IST): The recent outage with Valorant appears to have been resolved as user reports on Downdetector have diminished.

Update 12 (September 26, 2022)

11:35 am (IST): Many Valorant players have taken to Twitter to report that the servers are down and not working. The devs are yet to acknowledge the problem.

06:39 pm (IST): The recent issue with Volarant appears to have been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh reports.

Update 13 (October 04, 2022)

12:14 pm (IST): Fresh reports on Twitter and Downdetector now suggest that Valorant is currently down or not working for many.

Update 14 (October 06, 2022)

04:19 pm (IST): Reports on Downdetector now suggest that the recent outage with Valorant has been resolved.

Update 15 (November 02, 2022)

01:44 pm (IST): Many gamers have taken to Twitter to report that Valorant servers are currently down or not working for them. Moreover, reports on Downdetector also suggest the same.

07:33 pm (IST): Reports on Downdetector suggest that the recent outage with Valorant has now been resolved.

Update 16 (November 14, 2022)

06:54 pm (IST): Multiple reports indicate that there is a new outage on the Valorant servers (1, 2, 3). There is still no official acknowledgment of the issue.

Update 17 (November 15, 2022)

01:02 pm (IST): Many players have taken to Twitter to report that Valorant is currently down or not working for them. Moreover, reports on Downdetector also suggest the same.

Update 18 (November 17, 2022)

07:09 pm (IST): According to reports on Downdetector, the recent outage with Valorant has now been resolved.

Update 19 (December 6, 2022)

01:05 pm (IST): Fresh reports on Twitter and Downdetector suggest that Valorant is currently down or not working for some users.

Update 20 (January 18, 2023)

01:16 pm (IST): Valorant players are reporting that the game is down or not working for them due to server outage (1, 2, 3).

02:00 pm (IST): Valorant servers are already working normally again.

Update 21 (March 14, 2023)

12:18 pm (IST): According to fresh reports (1, 2, 3, 4), Valorant is currently down or not working for a section of players.

Update 22 (March 15, 2023)

05:57 pm (IST): The recent outage with Valorant has now been resolved.

Update 23 (April 11, 2023)

11:45 am (IST): Valorant servers are currently in the midst of an outage.

02:00 pm (IST): The latest Valorant server outage has finally been fixed.

Update 24 (April 28, 2023)

02:11 pm (IST): Some Valorant players are currently unable to log into the game and receiving a ‘Service unavailable’ error message (1, 2).

05:30 pm (IST): The latest Valorant login issues have already been resolved.

Update 25 (May 23, 2023)

12:19 pm (IST): Fresh reports (1, 2, 3) suggest that Valorant is currently down or not working for section of users.

06:50 pm (IST): The recent outage has now been resolved.

Update 26 (June 2, 2023)

08:49 am (IST): Several Valorant players are currently facing a ‘VAL 59’ error code that prevents them from accessing the game (1, 2).

02:00 pm (IST): Reports related to the ‘VAL 59’ error code stopped popping up a few hours ago, so everything seems to be working fine again.

Update 27 (June 6, 2023)

11:57 am (IST): Recent reports and Downdetector indicate that some Valorant players are currently unable to log into the game (1, 2).

Update 28 (June 7, 2023)

03:31 pm (IST): The issues that some players were facing appear to have been resolved.

Update 29 (July 25, 2023)

08:51 am (IST): Multiple Valorant players are unable to access the game due to an ‘Error VAL 5’ (1, 2, 3).

03:00 pm (IST): It seems that the ‘VAL 5 Error’ was resolved as related reports stopped popping up several hours ago.

Update 30 (August 8, 2023)

12:02 pm (IST): According to fresh reports (1, 2, 3), Valorant is currently down or not working for some gamers.

05:48 pm (IST): The recent outage has been resolved.

Update 31 (August 29, 2023)

11:10 am (IST): Fresh reports indicate that some players are unable to play Valorant competitive as it’s currently been disabled, thus leading to an outage (1,2,3,4,5).

Update 32 (August 30, 2023)

06:17 pm (IST): The issues that some players were facing appear to have been resolved.

Update 33 (September 06, 2023)

12:34 pm (IST): Recent reports indicate that Valorant servers are currently down (1,2,3,4).

06:31 pm (IST): The recent outage has been resolved.

Update 34 (September 07, 2023)

12:45 pm (IST): Valorant servers are currently down as players (1,2,3) are unable to access the game.

05:14 pm (IST): The recent outage appears to have been fixed.

Update 35 (September 20, 2023)

08:59 am (IST): Valorant players report that voice chat comms are down or not working after the latest v7.06 patch. More on that here.

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