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The reported Playfab issue is a minor issue ongoing for several days, see the logs below the graphs.

We have no other reports of any connection issues at this time.
These reports are available in the top pegged article in the very first category of the forum.
Here is a link to this article which is in the Official Microsoft Flight Simulator / News & Announcements category:

On Line Services Monitoring

There are links there to Playfab and Xbox connections status.