How To Fix "Connection timed out: getsockopt" Error?

This error usually occurs when the client cannot establish a connection with the server within a specific timeframe. It often results from network or server configuration issues.

What's causing this issue?

1. If you're playing on a school or work network for example then your network's firewall might be blocking the connection to your server. If you are on a network managed by an administrator please check with them to confirm that the required ports are open.
2. Connecting to an incorrect IP/Port. Please double check that you're using a correct IP and port for the server address.
3. Your computer's Firewall is blocking the connection
4. Server is temporarily offline for maintenance, automatic restarts, or technical issues.

How To Fix The Error?

If your network is blocking the connection then you could try the following:

• Using a VPN connection to play in the server
• Using different network like mobile data or other WiFi
• Contacting your network administrator and letting them know the issue

If your computer's firewall is blocking the connection:

1. Close Minecraft and open Windows Security on your computer
2. Navigate to the Firewall & Network Protection page.
3. Click on Allow an app through firewall and find javaw.exe from it
4. Make sure that it allows both Private and Public connections

The problem is still there?

If you still experience the getsockopt error when trying to log in to your server then Mojang could be carrying out a maintenance. To confirm this, please visit these websites to see whether other people are having the same problem:

1. https://downdetector.com/status/minecraft/
2. https://x.com/mojangstatus

If there is a high amount of people experiencing the problem, contact our support team and ask for the server to be transferred to another node. Note that this change will change your server IP and port(s).