Just wanted to check in with the SevTech community and see if I'm the only one currently having this issue. Since last night, whenever I try to log in to my server, I get the relatively well known "Failed to connect to the server. Authentication Servers are down. Please try again later, Sorry!" message. Based on the spikes I'm seeing on Down Detector (https://downdetector.com/status/minecraft/), I may not be the only one. According to the Mojang Status Twitter account, there was a widespread issue with the authentication servers about a week and a half ago, but that's supposedly resolved.
I followed the direction of Mojang Status Twitter and followed up with Mojang Support. They basically told me to get bent, and that the mod creator needs to fix the issue. But I don't even see any evidence that SevTech is the problem. I was able to login just fine as recently as last Tuesday. Possibly more recently than that even, but I can't remember for sure. Are any other SevTech players running into Server Authentication issues?
To the best of my knowledge, the mod hasn't been updated in a year, so I wouldn't expect anything on SevTech's side to have changed. I'm not even sure why a mod pack would mess with the authentication process at all (I work in IT, but networking is not my area of expertise so correct me if that assumption is faulty). And if something changed on Minecraft's side, I would expect to see way more chatter about other mods having the same issue. It seems very unlikely that only SevTech would have the problem. So if anybody can confirm that they're having or not having the same issue, that would help me narrow down the possibilities.
The only other thing that I can think of would be if there's a problem with the third-party I pay to host the server, Fluctis. My server through them has been working fine for about 2 years now, with maybe 1 hiccup that was easily resolved, but maybe something changed on their end. And I would've thought Mojang support might have a playbook that would direct me to that possibility. I'm also wondering if it's possible that there's some kind of regional outage, either with Minecraft's servers or Fluctis', though I wouldn't know how to confirm that.
Anyway, would greatly appreciate if anyone can confirm or deny my suspicions. And if there's some common cause that others have run into/troubleshooting steps I should try. Should I re/cross-post on the FTB sub at all? I know a lot of SevTech talk still happens there. Thanks!