ISP:
Optimum (irrelevant)

Type of Internet Connection:
Optic Fiber (irrelevant)

Internet Connection Speed:
Gigabit (irrelevant)

Date & Time:
First noticed at:
Nov 9, 2026, approximately 12:09 AM Eastern
Nov 8, 2026, approximately 9:09 PM Pacific
100% replication since first occurrence.

Frequency:
Always

World:
Cuchulainn (Dynamis), Golem (Dynamis), Halicarnassus (Dynamis), Kraken (Dynamis), Maduin (Dynamis), Marilith (Dynamis), Rafflesia (Dynamis), Seraph (Dynamis), Midgardsormr (Aether), Leviathan (Primal)

Character Name@Home World:
Naia Lalita@Midgardsormr
Blooming Rosebush@Midgardsormr
Floernwaen Nyunwyn@Midgardsormr
Guldstyr Thosinundwyn@Leviathan

Retainer Name:
None

NPC Name:
None

Monster Name:
None

Class/Level:
All jobs, all levels; irrelevant

Party or Solo:
Solo

Race:
Roegadyn F

In-Game Time:
All times; irrelevant.

Area and Coordinates:
n/a; Character Select screen

Housing:
None

Steps:
Detailed steps on how the issue occurred.
1. Log out character.
2. Start
3. Right-click character, Return to Home World (or Visit Another Data Center, if already on Home World)
4. Error [300]: "Unable to submit Return to Home World request at this time." (or "Unable to submit Data Center Visit request at this time." if already on Home World)




I was visiting other NA Data Centers to shop for crafting materials. I was visiting Dynamis when the error first appeared, and the error has not resolved. I have tested with all 4 of my characters, and all of them get this error, whether I try to Return to Home World, or Travel to Another Data Center.

Patch 7.58 24-hour maintenance is scheduled to start in just under 5 hours (from time of first error occurrence). I am familiar with the usual travel restrictions before maintenance—usually a 30 minute lockdown, 60 minutes tops, always stated in the lodestone news post. In fact, the post made for this upcoming maintenance specifies exactly that!
*Data Center Travel will be suspended 30 minutes before maintenance begins, and will be unavailable until maintenance has ended. -[Maintenance]All Worlds Maintenance (Nov. 9-10)
But it seems a lockout of 300 minutes (5 hours) was implemented instead??
I had weeklies I wanted to finish, and (obviously) a crafting project I was working on, both of which are impossible while I'm unable to return to my Home World and access my FC and retainers. This is time I cannot get back, in a game where I pay for play time.

Because these reports are so time-consuming and cumbersome to compile, I missed that there is already a notice addressing this. (By one minute, according to the time stamp of the post vs. when I started this post; 12:09 AM vs. 12:10 AM Eastern)
Home World Transfer / Data Center Travel Technical Difficulties (Nov. 8)
In honor of our collective wasted time, I will Submit anyway.