Xbox Live Down Again: Sign In Issues, Error Codes and More Plaguing the System.
Is Xbox Live down? Having trouble with sign in? 0x87dd0006 error codes and other core services issues are currently plaguing the console. Find out what's happening and when it will be fixed here.
UPDATE: 11:40 p.m. - Xbox Live is once again experiencing login issues. The company is aware of the problem and is looking into it now. The issues are mainly affecting users in the northeastern United States.
We hear your reports of sign in issues on Xbox One consoles. Our engineers are aware and working hard to get this resolved as we speak. We will be sure to update you here as we know more.
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) February 2, 2019
— ORIGINAL POST —
Having trouble signing into your Xbox Live account? You aren't alone. Starting around 10:50 a.m. ET reports of issues with Xbox Live 0x87dd0006 error codes appearing when trying to log in began cropping up online. XBox Live's official support Twitter account let players know they are aware of the issues and that the team is hard at work in resolving them.
"If you're running into errors attempting to sign in or access previously purchased content, our teams are aware and working to identify the cause. We'll update here when we have more to provide."
If you’re running into errors attempting to sign in or access previously purchased content, our teams are aware and working to identify the cause. We’ll update here when we have more to provide.
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) February 1, 2019
Why is Xbox Live having problems?
If you visit Xbox Live's status page on the Xbox Support website, these issues appear to be with Xbox Live's core services. These include things like: Signing in. creating, managing, or recovering an account and search.
Who is affected by the outage?
According to DownDectector.com, most of the issues are surfacing in Western Europe, while newer reports and beginning to trickle in from the NorthEast United States as well. XBox Live has been plagued with issues over the last few days and the current sign in a services issues are no exception. Hopefully, the issue will be resolved before Anthem's open beta begins at 12 p.m. ET. As more is learned about the problems with Xbox Live, we'll be sure to update this post.
UPDATE 1: User in the UK are reporting issue resolution.
We are starting to see success in downloading items on Xbox One and we see your reports that some of you are resolved. If you're still running into issues downloading games, try a power cycle on your Xbox One and try again. Keep us posted! https://t.co/isBz4ujtp9
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) January 31, 2019
UPDATE 2: Some Anthem Demo players are reporting issues signing into the open beta due to problems with Xbox Live.