Xbox live friend already online..but keep getting notifications that he has come online...

Same issue however it's not an Xbox console issue as I have the same problem from PC with the Xbox App and Game Bar as well as my Xbox 360 console. I was playing with friends today and had my laptop nearby for texting on the Xbox App as some of my audio doesn't always make it through on the voice chat and every 20-30 minutes or so the Xbox App for PC would alert me to one of my friend's being online whom I was already in the game and playing with. It did this for several hours while we played, stopped for a bit and then started alerting me again about 2 hours or so ago that he was online every 20-30 minutes again. On top of this, I was wasting some time playing MS Mahjong on PC and about every 10 minutes or so for a full hour Game Bar would suddenly alert me that I had started playing MS Mahjong. Why do I need to know that I started playing it, and why was it even popping up when I'd been playing for nearly an hour?

Again, this is NOT a console issue and clearing the cache will do nothing. Friend status has been messed up for more than a week or so now. It tells me I'm on my Xbox 360 Dashboard 5+ hours after I shut it down. It tells me the friends I had played a game with earlier in the day were still in the game 5+ hours after it was shut off (they have confirmed they were no longer even online many times to me when I've asked during the last week or so). I'm also being alerted on the Xbox 360 console itself of 1 friend in particular that seems to be signing online constantly and asking them about it finally to see if they were having internet issues or something they said they were online the entire time with no issues but there's that pop up telling me they signed online every few minutes or so.

I've reported this issue in the Feedback Hub and on the Live Status page already and nothing has been done about it yet.

Hi! I'm Luis, a fellow Xbox Gamer . Thanks for reaching us out here.

Can you try to deleting your account´s cache?

Delete account Cache

Remove Account:

1. Press the Xbox button.

2. Select System > Settings > Account > Remove accounts.

3. Select the account that you want to remove, and then Remove.

4. Close.

Power Cycle:

1. Turn off your console by holding the Xbox button on the front of the console for approximately 10 seconds. The console will turn off.

2. Wait for 5 minutes and then turn your console back on by pressing the Xbox button on the console or the Xbox button on your controller.

Add Account:

1. Press the Xbox button.

2. Select your gamerpic in the upper-left corner of the screen, move all the way down and select Add new.

3. Enter the Email Address and the Password.

4. Read the Microsoft Service Agreement and Privacy Statement, and then select I Accept.

5. Follow the steps to configure your Sign-In & Security preferences to add your Microsoft account to your Xbox console again.

After that, test the online status again

I have strict Nat type on xbox one but open on 360, please help!?

Hi there Ghost Spec Op,

Sorry to hear about the notification issues.

Could you please try
removing your account and
re-adding it again?



Please let us know how that goes

Hi there UncookedPond137,

Could you please create a new post explaining your issue in full detail. Doing so will make it easier for everyone to assist you

Thanks!