I just got back into minecraft for one of my annual month-long realms with friends, and we've encountered some issues that I've never had before.

Firstly, both me and 8 or 9 of my friends have been noticing that we get a wild number of invalid sessions. I'm talking like 6-10 times in a row, of just booting up minecraft, trying to open realms, getting the invalid session message, and restarting minecraft. It will eventually work, but it is very frustrating.

The second issue is strictly realms related. every few hours-days a seemingly random number and assortment of players on the realm will not be allowed on, getting the message 'you are not whitelisted on this server.' Usually, the owner will have to remove the player and then add them back, which is very frustrating for all parties. Sometimes just waiting a few hours will let us back on with no intervention from the owner, but it is inconsistent.