After launching a server with the latest 1.12 server.jar file, the ability to connect to the Authentication server will fail.
Server was launched from Putty using java -Xms1G -Xmx4G - jar minecraft.server.jar nogui
Error thrown up is:
[User Authenticator #1/INFO]: Disconnecting com.mojang.authlib.GamePr ofile@25c9af45[id=<null>,name=USER,properties={},legacy=false] (/ADDRESS): Authentication servers are down. Please try again later, sorry!
[07:07:55] [User Authenticator #1/ERROR]: Couldn't verify username because serve rs are unavailable
The server successfully launches, and players can see that it's operational, but are unable to connect: "Took too long to log in."
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However, this issue is a Duplicate of MC-71840.
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