Fix Apex Legends Matchmaking Issues
**Apex Legends** has matchmaking or party-related issues. This is a *widely reported issue* with likely solutions.
Matchmaking problems are often server-side but can also be caused by NAT type restrictions, region settings, or party size limitations.
**What's causing it:**
• session sync delay (68% likely)
• server overload (52% likely)
These steps should resolve it for most players:
1. increase timeout window.
2. retry handshake logic.
3. Check your NAT type — Strict/Type 3 NAT severely limits matchmaking. Enable UPnP in your router or forward game ports.
4. Try changing your server region in-game if available — some regions have longer queue times.
5. Restart the matchmaking if it takes longer than expected — backing out and re-queuing often helps.
📎 Sources: GitHub Issues
📊 *22 reports* of this issue tracked — trending at 1.7 reports/day.