PlayStation network down: Thousands complain of outage; how to fix ‘online status and friends list’ not working

Sony's PlayStation Network experienced an outage on Sunday, July 19, 2026, with over 1,000 reports on Downdetector.

Users reported issues with online status, friends list not showing, and login problems on X (formerly Twitter).

The PSN Status Page showed all services as working despite the reported disruptions; Sony did not comment on the outage.

Problems affected users beyond the US, including the UK and Japan, with complaints about friend list and username display errors.

PlayStation's help page suggests checking server status, restarting the router, verifying credentials, resetting password, or changing DNS settings to resolve issues.