EA App outages and problems
In the past 24 hours, 9 user reports came in for EA App. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 100.00% uptime for the day.
The busiest 15-minute window had 3 reports, about 11 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.
EA App in November 2026
- Problem reports in November
- 2
Monthly report for November 2026
What went wrong
What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for EA App worldwide.
Share of 6 recent reports that said what was wrong, from every country listed below.
EA App reports around the world
In the last 24 hours, 33 problem reports about EA App came in from 10 countries. Right now reports are at the usual level in every country.
- Outage now
- Problems now
- Normal
| Country | Now | Last hour | 24 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| The US numbers above | Normal | 3 | 12 |
| Greece | Normal | 0 | 5 |
| The UK | Normal | 0 | 3 |
| Germany | Normal | 0 | 3 |
| Brazil | Normal | 0 | 3 |
| France | Normal | 0 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | Normal | 0 | 2 |
| Poland | Normal | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | Normal | 0 | 1 |
| Pakistan | Normal | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | Normal | 0 | 0 |
| The Netherlands | Normal | 0 | 0 |
Each country's status compares its reports with the usual level there. 60 more countries had 0 reports in the last 24 hours. Map outlines: Natural Earth.
EA App problem spikes, last 30 days
Since 13 October, EA App had no outage spikes or periods of elevated reports.
- Sat 3 Oct: no data
- Sun 4 Oct: no data
- Mon 5 Oct: no data
- Tue 6 Oct: no data
- Wed 7 Oct: no data
- Thu 8 Oct: no data
- Fri 9 Oct: no data
- Sat 10 Oct: no data
- Sun 11 Oct: no data
- Mon 12 Oct: no data
- Tue 13 Oct: 1 report
- Wed 14 Oct: 0 reports
- Thu 15 Oct: 0 reports
- Fri 16 Oct: 0 reports
- Sat 17 Oct: 1 report
- Sun 18 Oct: 0 reports
- Mon 19 Oct: 0 reports
- Tue 20 Oct: 0 reports
- Wed 21 Oct: no data
- Thu 22 Oct: 0 reports
- Fri 23 Oct: 0 reports
- Sat 24 Oct: 0 reports
- Sun 25 Oct: 0 reports
- Mon 26 Oct: 1 report
- Tue 27 Oct: 0 reports
- Wed 28 Oct: 0 reports
- Thu 29 Oct: 9 reports
- Fri 30 Oct: 4 reports
- Sat 31 Oct: 12 reports
- Sun 1 Nov: 2 reports
By country
Each square is one day in the countries with the most reports: red when reports stayed at outage level for half an hour or more, amber when they stayed above the usual level for an hour or more, grey otherwise.
- The US16
- Germany7
- Greece5
- Brazil3
- The UK3
- France2
- Mexico2
- Poland2
Country history starts on 30 October 2026. Days run from midnight to midnight, Central European time.
A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 13 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services
How to fix EA App not working
EA App is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:
Restart the EA App and its background service
Close the window, then press Ctrl+Shift+Esc and end every EA entry in Task Manager, including the background service that keeps running after the window goes away. Open it again from the Start menu and sign in. That clears a spinner that never stops, and a library that stays empty.
Clear the app cache
In the app, open the Help menu, choose App recovery, then Clear cache and confirm. Sign in again when it reopens. The stored copy of your session, store and library data can go bad, and clearing it fixes a blank screen or a page that refuses to load while your browser is fine.
Repair the game and check your network
Open your library, click the game tile, then the three dots and Repair, which rechecks the files without a full download. If the app cannot reach EA at all, sign out of any VPN and then open Windows Security, go to Firewall and network protection, and add the app under Allow an app through firewall. A wired connection or a phone hotspot tells you whether the router is the problem.
Reinstall the app and check the status page
Uninstall the EA App from Settings > Apps, then download the installer from EA's help centre and run it; a broken install survives cache clears and repairs. Check the official status page first, because if EA has flagged an outage, reinstalling will not help.
While EA App is down: what to use instead
- Console version Console copies skip the desktop launcher.
- Mobile game Mobile titles install from the App Store or Google Play, so they still work when the desktop app is down.
- EA Help website Use the browser version to check server status and reach support if the app will not open or keeps failing at sign-in.
- Official status page The official status page shows whether EA services report problems, which helps you tell a local issue from a wider outage.
Fix EA App on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone
EA App on Windows
- Fix
- To fix the EA App on Windows, run the App Recovery utility from the Start menu to clear the cache, or run the app as an administrator.
- Check
- You can tell if the EA App is down on Windows if you encounter connection errors like EC:10000 or if the client fails to load your game library.
ping ea.comTest whether EA App's servers replynslookup ea.comCheck that EA App's DNS resolvestracert ea.comTrace where the connection dropsipconfig /flushdnsClear the DNS cache, then reloadEA App on Mac
- Fix
- To fix the EA App on Mac, clear the app cache using the built-in App Recovery tool or reinstall the client.
- Check
- To check if the EA App is down on Mac, try logging in to see if you get network timeout errors or if the client forces you into offline mode.
ping -c 4 ea.comTest whether EA App's servers replynslookup ea.comCheck that EA App's DNS resolvestraceroute ea.comTrace where the connection dropssudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponderFlush the macOS DNS cache, then reloadEA App on Android
- Fix
- To fix EA App account and companion services on Android, clear the cache of your mobile browser or the companion app, and restart your connection.
- Check
- To check if EA App services are down on Android, attempt to log into your EA account via a mobile browser to see if the pages fail to load.
EA App on iPhone and iPad
- Fix
- To fix EA App account issues on iOS, clear your Safari browser cache or reinstall the EA companion app from the App Store.
- Check
- To check if EA App services are down on iOS, verify if you can access the EA login portal or companion app using a different network.
What happens when EA App goes down
EA App is EA's desktop client for downloading, updating, and launching games on PC and Mac, and it also handles sign-in and cloud saves for players of EA Sports FC and Battlefield. An outage interrupts your library, downloads, cloud saves, and online matches.
Sign-in fails first: you see a spinning connection screen or an 'Unable to connect to EA servers' message that keeps looping. Then the library goes blank. Downloads and updates stall, and clicking Play does nothing; online modes and friends lists break even when the app opens. Outages are often regional or partial; your friend on another network can sign in while you cannot.
EA App IP address, servers and network
- IPv4 address
- 2.23.244.194
- IPv6 addresses
- 2a02:26f0:7100:885::1127
Show all 2
- 2a02:26f0:7100:8ad::1127
- Network
- AS16625 · Akamai Technologies, Inc., registered in the Netherlands
- Served through
- Akamai
- DNS hosted by
- Akamai
- HTTPS certificate
- Issued by DigiCert Inc, valid until 26 Dec 2026 (54 days)
- HTTP/3
- Supported
- Our check
- Answered in 132 ms
Checked from our server in Frankfurt, Germany, 12 h ago, for www.ea.com. A service behind a CDN answers from many data centres, usually the one nearest to you, so these addresses are where its traffic enters, not where its own servers stand. Visitors elsewhere may see different addresses.
Checked from 11 places around the world
All 11 locations got an answer from www.ea.com. Fastest from Frankfurt (36 ms), slowest from Madrid (369 ms). Every location connected through Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AS16625), using 11 different addresses.
| Location | Result | Time | Address reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| FrankfurtGermany | Up | 36 ms | 2.23.244.194 |
| ViennaAustria | Up | 224 ms | 23.217.48.162 |
| MilanItaly | Up | 118 ms | 184.25.52.194 |
| ParisFrance | Up | 100 ms | 2.20.236.177 |
| AmsterdamNetherlands | Up | 69 ms | 2.21.156.177 |
| MadridSpain | Up | 369 ms | 2.17.154.197 |
| WarsawPoland | Up | 285 ms | 88.221.170.118 |
| Los AngelesUSA | Up | 97 ms | 2.18.216.176 |
| São PauloBrazil | Up | 37 ms | 2.17.128.169 |
| SingaporeSingapore | Up | 119 ms | 104.119.106.192 |
| TokyoJapan | Up | 224 ms | 23.217.64.194 |
Checked with check-host.net from its servers in these cities 12 h ago, for www.ea.com. Time is how long each server took to load the page.
EA App FAQ
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How we track EA App
The status on this page comes from user-submitted problem reports for EA App, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Each window is compared with the normal level for EA App, so a few complaints on a quiet day don't trigger anything, but a sudden jump well above normal does.
When reports climb well above normal, the status here changes to partial outage or major outage and the chart moves with it. This is separate from EA App's official status page: user reports tend to show a problem early, while the official page confirms the cause. If the two disagree, check both.