MetaMask confirmed on June 13 that users are experiencing connectivity problems spanning multiple blockchain networks. The wallet’s support team posted the acknowledgment on X, noting they were actively working to resolve the situation and apologizing for the inconvenience.

User reports paint a picture of a wallet that’s either completely unresponsive or painfully slow across several networks. The disruption is hitting three core functions: wallet connectivity, dApp interactions, and NFT transactions.

MetaMask doesn’t connect directly to blockchain nodes on its own. It routes traffic through Remote Procedure Call providers, with Infura being the dominant backend infrastructure. MetaMask and Infura share a parent company, Consensys, which means the wallet’s default connection path runs through a single provider’s infrastructure.

No specific root cause has been identified publicly. MetaMask’s support team hasn’t provided a timeline for when normal service will resume.

MetaMask serves as the primary gateway for users interacting with Ethereum and the broader EVM ecosystem, which includes networks like Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, and Avalanche. DeFi protocols, NFT marketplaces, gaming platforms, and DAOs all rely on wallet connections to function.

Past incidents involving MetaMask’s connectivity issues have been traced back to its dependence on infrastructure, particularly in instances where services from Infura or third-party cloud providers such as AWS faced outages. Similar disruptions were observed in 2022 and 2025.

If you’re an active DeFi user or NFT trader relying on MetaMask, wallets like Rabby, Rainbow, or hardware wallet interfaces like Ledger Live can provide alternative access to the same networks and protocols.

For those with positions in DeFi lending protocols, an extended outage could prevent users from topping up collateral or closing positions before liquidation thresholds are triggered.