# Launcher Error / Inability to Authenticate - 2020/08/03 **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** official\ **Created:** [August 3, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312 "2020-08-03T15:53:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Fox](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/samuel_fox/32/328560_2.png) [@Samuel\_Fox](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Samuel_Fox)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/21 "2020-08-03T16:14:37Z")
Y33t! ---
**Author:** ![Nakito\_Kobara](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nakito_kobara/32/379065_2.png) [@Nakito\_Kobara](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nakito_Kobara)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/22 "2020-08-03T16:15:05Z")
May not be a server issue as I cannot get a full trace route to their servers. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Aurora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_aurora/32/394780_2.png) [@CCP\_Aurora](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Aurora)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/23 "2020-08-03T16:16:37Z")
We should now be back and accepting connections. ---
**Author:** ![Eckhard\_Richter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eckhard_richter/32/219927_2.png) [@Eckhard\_Richter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eckhard_Richter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/24 "2020-08-03T16:16:58Z")
Guess it could be an ISP layer 1 to layer 3 issue. Or maybe DNS? I’m sure they have server and network operations teams/members looking into it. ---
**Author:** ![Julien\_Brellier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/julien_brellier/32/171562_2.png) [@Julien\_Brellier](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Julien_Brellier)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/25 "2020-08-03T16:17:07Z")
![falcon yahoo](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/5/9/597823a52040b50ff99b4461b3e52e01e36c15b2.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Eckhard\_Richter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eckhard_richter/32/219927_2.png) [@Eckhard\_Richter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eckhard_Richter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/26 "2020-08-03T16:18:07Z")
It’s working again! At least for me! ---
**Author:** ![Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tiger_space_thedark/32/373728_2.png) [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tiger_space_Thedark)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/27 "2020-08-03T16:18:54Z")
don’t be so pessimistic, give them more hamster ---
**Author:** ![loidivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/loidivo/32/195827_2.png) [@loidivo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/loidivo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/28 "2020-08-03T16:22:28Z")
Upgrade to Capybara’s, slightly bigger but better Performance. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Aurora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_aurora/32/394780_2.png) [@CCP\_Aurora](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Aurora)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/29 "2020-08-03T16:23:22Z")
Unfortunately Iceland’s got pretty strict exotic animal laws so we have to make due with our current server hardware for now. ---
**Author:** ![Revec\_Khaine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/revec_khaine/32/221867_2.png) [@Revec\_Khaine](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Revec_Khaine)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/30 "2020-08-03T16:27:10Z")
i have the exact same issue ---
**Author:** ![Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tiger_space_thedark/32/373728_2.png) [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tiger_space_Thedark)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/31 "2020-08-03T16:27:58Z")
launcher is up ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/32 "2020-08-03T16:33:52Z")
Goatsuckers? How would they help? No wait thats the Chumbawumba Im thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Mkikaden\_Tiragen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mkikaden_tiragen/32/243913_2.png) [@Mkikaden\_Tiragen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mkikaden_Tiragen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/33 "2020-08-03T16:48:28Z")
Chupacabra, I think, is what you were reaching for. ---
**Author:** ![Ramona\_McCandless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ramona_mccandless/32/468438_2.png) [@Ramona\_McCandless](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ramona_McCandless)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/34 "2020-08-03T16:50:53Z")
Nah, thats what magicians say when doing a trick. _snap_ the Herpaderp. Thats the one ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/35 "2020-08-03T16:52:51Z")
evelauncher.exe still hangs on exit for me. Can anyone else confirm? ---
**Author:** ![Cygnus\_Carta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cygnus_carta/32/217843_2.png) [@Cygnus\_Carta](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cygnus_Carta)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/36 "2020-08-03T17:01:06Z")
> [@CCP\_Aurora](#): > > You are cleared for flight o7 I’m going to cheat on EVE when MS Flight Sim comes out, it’ll be a long and hot type of side action. I WILL return though, promise. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Aurora](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_aurora/32/394780_2.png) [@CCP\_Aurora](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Aurora)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/37 "2020-08-03T18:40:26Z")
> [@Cygnus\_Carta](#): > > I’m going to cheat on EVE when MS Flight Sim comes out You’re forgiven. I probably will too. ---
**Author:** ![Chan\_aar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chan_aar/32/377560_2.png) [@Chan\_aar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chan_aar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/38 "2020-08-03T23:18:28Z")
> [@CCP\_Aurora](#): > > Forum thread comes first, I juuust put up the twitter post. 😲 Wait? What? Official CCP communication on the official forums FIRST!? Who are you and what have you done with CCP? ---
**Author:** ![Foggy\_Bernstein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/foggy_bernstein/32/407887_2.png) [@Foggy\_Bernstein](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Foggy_Bernstein)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/39 "2020-08-03T23:22:23Z")
> [@Chan\_aar](#): > > Who are you and what have you done with CCP? I know, right? I’m thinking I like CCP Aurora. Her priorities are in the right place. ---
**Author:** ![Gaius\_Mileghere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gaius_mileghere/32/258417_2.png) [@Gaius\_Mileghere](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gaius_Mileghere)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312/40 "2020-08-10T15:57:48Z")
Issue resurfaced today, ccplease fix! Haven’t been able to log in at all today. ![eve error 0810](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/9/b/9b26fece803401bc56839c23aeb74f82bcc18e00.jpeg) That’s all I get. I can’t access the Help Center either. Everything else (World of Tanks, browser, etc) works. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/launcher-error-inability-to-authenticate-2020-08-03/258312.md?page=3)