Just a bit over a week after a major AWS outage, it seems something else is brewing –and not in a good way. Starbucks is currently experiencing an outage that has has completely taken down mobile ordering. Meaning, if you want a Cold Brew, an Iced Chai Latte, or even a warmed piece of banana bread, you'll need to chat with a barista in store.

At the same time that 'We're sorry for the inconvenience' hit the Starbucks app, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Minecraft are experiencing major blips – see our live blog here. Of course, impacted folks are all going to Downdetector, where a number of services are seeing a spike.

But since we're coffee lovers, we're spinning up a live blog to track this outage affecting Starbucks as well as the issues hitting Xbox and Minecraft, and the team at TechRadar is checking whether any other services are affected.

Starbucks is at least being transparent with the issue

Unlike some other companies or services, which tend to take a while to confirm issues or outages, Starbucks is at least being transparent. As soon as you open the Starbucks app on an Android or iOS device, you'll see a pop-up that starts with "We're sorry for the inconvenience" and explains that mobile ordering is down.

A look at Down Detector right now

Here's a look at Down Detector right now, which might show that things are improving, even though a vast swath of services is down.

While these might not be connected, the reports of issues and outages with Starbucks, Minecraft, and the Xbox Network do align with reports on Microsoft Azure. Although, we can't confirm that Starbucks uses the Azure cloud. While Starbucks is showing a drop-off, Xbox and Minecraft are still on the rise.

Reported issues with Minecraft are still high

While Starbucks outage reports are dropping, Down Detector is currently showing Minecraft at 6,670 and Xbox Network at 2,770 reported outages.

We can't load the Xbox Support site

Considering Azure referenced DNS issues – see our live blog dedicated to those issues here – it's not surprising that Xbox's official support site and the status page are unresponsive and won't load at all.

Folks aren't happy with Starbucks or Xbox being down

As we typically see with outages, impacted folks are taking to social to voice there frustration, and that goes for Starbucks and Xbox.

While I still can't get the Xbox support page to load, the web storefront does load, though it's missing a few parts. Images aren't rendering, and spacing is a bit off across the board.

Currently, Down Detector shows 3,123 reported outages with the Xbox Network as of 1:06 PM ET.

Fortnite acknowledges something is impacting players on Xbox Cloud

Well, we haven't heard from Xbox officially, but Fortnite basically just confirmed it for them. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the @FortniteStatus account states, "We are looking into login issues players on Xbox Cloud might be experiencing."

Further, Fortnite is working on a fix and promises to keep us updated; that's good news on both fronts.