The Starbucks app, Minecraft, and Xbox Network are all down – here’s what we know

Starbucks app users aren’t happy

I’ve pulled together some more posts from folks who aren’t the happiest with Starbucks – mainly that mobile ordering works by loading money onto your Starbucks card and placing the order there. Suffice to say, with mobile ordering down, you can’t access that money.

I will give credit to Starbucks for being communicative with the splash screen in the app, and it seems that the Starbucks app itself is working. Seemingly, this mobile ordering outage might be connected to the broader Azure outage, which is clearly impacting the Xbox Network and Minecraft as well.

Fortnite acknowledges something is impacting players on Xbox Cloud

Well, we haven’t heard from Xbox officially, but Fortnite basically just confirmed it for them. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the @FortniteStatus account states, “We are looking into login issues players on Xbox Cloud might be experiencing.”

Further, Fortnite is working on a fix and promises to keep us updated; that’s good news on both fronts.

Folks aren’t happy with Starbucks or Xbox being down

As we typically see with outages, impacted folks are taking to social to voice there frustration, and that goes for Starbucks and Xbox.

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Reported issues with Minecraft are still high

While Starbucks outage reports are dropping, Down Detector is currently showing Minecraft at 6,670 and Xbox Network at 2,770 reported outages.

A look at Down Detector right now

Here’s a look at Down Detector right now, which might show that things are improving, even though a vast swath of services is down.

While these might not be connected, the reports of issues and outages with Starbucks, Minecraft, and the Xbox Network do align with reports on Microsoft Azure. Although, we can’t confirm that Starbucks uses the Azure cloud. While Starbucks is showing a drop-off, Xbox and Minecraft are still on the rise.

Starbucks is at least being transparent with the issue

Unlike some other companies or services, which tend to take a while to confirm issues or outages, Starbucks is at least being transparent. As soon as you open the Starbucks app on an Android or iOS device, you’ll see a pop-up that starts with “We’re sorry for the inconvenience” and explains that mobile ordering is down.