Xbox Live Friends System Back Online for Xbox One and Xbox 360

Users are advised to power cycle Xbox One consoles.

Xbox Live Friends system is fully operational and Microsoft is advising users to power cycle Xbox One consoles and clear the cache of Xbox 360 systems following ongoing issues with the Xbox Live Friends list feature.

Friends list is back! Xbox 360 users may need to clear cache http://t.co/VkjNMusFvE & or power cycle on Xbox One http://t.co/xwKPWaKHZV ^CW
— Xbox Support (1-5) (@XboxSupport) October 14, 2014

Yesterday, users on both systems began reporting problems with Friends list, such as the inability to send friend requests, game invites and view lists. The Xbox support website and Twitter account issued a number of updates online acknowledging the problem before confirming that the feature was back online.

We have reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update this article accordingly.