Unable to connect to Epic Servers

Summary

Once opening Fortnite an Error appears that says: “An error occurred while connecting to Epic servers. Please try again later.” There’s a retry button that’s useless and at the bottom left is the code: “ESP-DIST-001”. I already went through every single troubleshooting available and no results, even deleted and reinstalled the game but no result. The day before I was able to access Fortnite but the day after there was a new update and after it was installed, this error has appeared. Everything on my end is fully updated and my Wi-Fi connection is strong, have other online games and don’t have this problem, only recently now with Fortnite, please help.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Other

Steps to Reproduce

Don’t know just need a fix from Epics side.

Expected Result

I’ll be able to log in on Fortnite

Observed Result

Until now no result but expecting some

Platform(s)

Fortnite

Island Code

00000000

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hi @Thrasher601 ,
You may have a firewall problem
look at this list of things to check
look for

Add Fortnite to Windows Defender Firewall’s Allowed List

4 Ways to Fix the Fortnite ESP-DIST-001 Error on a Windows PC - KeenGamer

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