Solved this issue on PC Windows 10 following these steps:
1. signed out of xbox live 2. restarted computer 3. signed back in to xbox live. (not sure if steps 1-3 mattered in this solve, was on the phone with microsoft help desk).
4. repurchased realm subscription from within minecraft(which is what I did previously) 5. Realm worked 6. Microsoft tech refunded first subscription purchase
– I have no idea why it works now vs it not working previously. My best guess is the update at 1.16 had a bug that is persistent until either you sign out/in or just didn't hook in the previous subscription when the issue was there and they fixed it at some point within the last 30 days.
Solved this issue on PC Windows 10 following these steps:
1. signed out of xbox live
2. restarted computer
3. signed back in to xbox live.
(not sure if steps 1-3 mattered in this solve, was on the phone with microsoft help desk).
4. repurchased realm subscription from within minecraft(which is what I did previously)
5. Realm worked
6. Microsoft tech refunded first subscription purchase
– I have no idea why it works now vs it not working previously. My best guess is the update at 1.16 had a bug that is persistent until either you sign out/in or just didn't hook in the previous subscription when the issue was there and they fixed it at some point within the last 30 days.