Mojang servers look to be down at the moment on some servers. I have tried joining multiple servers and I sometimes get in or sometimes get the error: "Error occurred while contacting login servers, are they down?"
MC-215095
Mojang Servers
Resolved
Duplicate
0
Sheldon
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
(Unassigned)
1.16.5
Retrieved
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