ARC Raiders down: Why is ARC Raiders facing an outage, and is Cloudflare/AWS the reason?

ARC Raiders, the co-op sci-fi shooter from Embark Studios, is facing widespread server issues, with players reporting errors such as “Online connection error” and backend messages stating, “An illegal mutation was rejected by the backend… We have to redirect you back to the Main Hub.” The issue appears to be affecting a large number of players, with over 57,000 outage reports logged on Downdetector at 9:15 ET, dropping to a little over 35,000 by 9:55 ET.

Is the ARC Raiders outage linked to the recent Cloudflare and AWS disruptions?

An X page named ARC Raiders Intel suggested that the game’s server issues may be connected to the recent Cloudflare and AWS outages. Those outages affected major platforms, including X and ChatGPT, on November 18, after a Cloudflare configuration file designed to manage threat traffic triggered a software crash across its wider network.



Thousands of users reported issues across multiple services shortly after 11:30 GMT, according to Downdetector. Cloudflare later described it as a “significant outage.”

While some users are speculating a connection, ARC Raiders has not issued an official statement confirming whether its own outage is directly related.

FAQs on ARC Raiders down

Why is ARC Raiders down right now?
Players are reporting widespread connection errors, including “Online connection error” and backend rollback messages, which may be part of a large-scale server outage. Some people suggested it might be linked to the recent Cloudflare/AWS outage.

Is the ARC Raiders outage related to the recent Cloudflare and AWS outage?
Some users are speculating that the disruption is linked to the November 18 Cloudflare/AWS outage, pointing to similar timing and connectivity issues across major platforms. However, there’s no official confirmation from Embark Studios yet.

3. How many players are affected by the ARC Raiders server outage?
At its peak, over 57,000 users reported issues with ARC Raiders on Downdetector. By 9:55 ET, that number had dropped to just over 35,000, suggesting the outage is ongoing but possibly stabilizing.