When a Fortnite update goes live, players receive all sorts of errors after downloading the latest patch. On May 3, the “you do not have permission to play” error affected Fortnite‘s player base, preventing them from playing the Star Wars update immediately after the servers went live.
Most errors like the “you do not have permission to play” tend to be related to Fortnite‘s server status, which fluctuates online and offline as player counts surge. Considering Fortnite updates tend to be large, most players pre-load them and wait for servers to return online. But when servers slowly go online, many players rush into the gates, causing them to struggle once again.
