New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on July 30, 2021) follows:
Halo fans across the globe have rushed to check out the Halo Infinite multiplayer technical preview that dropped a few hours ago for Xbox or PC.
Unfortunately, while fans expected that they’d be checking out the new Halo Infinite multiplayer technical preview today, they’ve not managed to access the official Halo Waypoint website or get into the Xbox Insider Hub app as it’s down or not working and gets stuck at ‘Pending’.
This outage has put a stop to players from accessing the game since it’s only available to those who sign up for the Halo Insider program. Here are a few reports from disgruntled fans for reference:
According to reports, the Waypoint portal and the Xbox Insider Hub app have been down or inaccessible for hours and those who tried to download Halo Infinite aren’t seeing any progress as it’s stuck at ‘Pending’.
It was clear from the start that the heavy traffic is a result of the services not being accessible. Moreover, Halo support confirmed the same with a tweet roughly an hour ago.
The site has begun loading, however, it’s extremely slow and almost unusable due to the delayed response.
Halo Community Director — Brian Jarrard — also took to Twitter a few minutes ago to post a quick update regarding the situation. Here’s what he had to say.
While there’s no ETA for a fix, we can expect the problem to be resolved at the earliest. As usual, we’ll post an update if and when there are any further developments.
Update 1 (July 30)
12:15 pm (IST): Xbox support, as well as the community director have confirmed that the service has begun working for many people.
03:25 pm (IST): The support team has now confirmed that Halo Infinite through the Xbox Insider Hub app should no longer be stuck in a pending state.
Update 2 (July 31)
Halo support has confirmed that the stuck at ‘Pending’ issue has now been resolved and users who were facing the problem have been asked to check the app and try again.
Apart from that, the team has also confirmed that they’ve fixed the issue where people weren’t able to access the Halo Insider Support page.
Update 3 (September 24)
The Halo Infinite Multiplayer Tech Preview build dropped today and fans around the world have jumped on their systems to try out the new game.
Unfortunately, several users have been facing issues over the past few hours as they’re unable to access the game.
Some claim that the website throws an error saying “service unavailable”, some say that the game does not load, and others claim that they haven’t received their invites for Halo Infinite.
At the time of this update, we’ve not come across any official from Halo support confirming either of the problems.
That said, granted the high volume of players rushing to play the game, this is something that could have been foreseen and should be fixed soon.
Update 4 (September 25)
Halo support has confirmed that those who had trouble with their Steams keys should get new ones in their Halo Insider profiles soon.
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