With a circumference of approximately 91 km, the Future Circular electron-positron Collider, FCC-ee, aims for unprecedented luminosities at beam energies from 45.6 to 182.5 GeV. A major challenge is reaching its design performance in the presence of magnet misalignments and field errors. The FCC-ee optics tuning working group studies all related aspects, and applies state-of-the-art techniques for beam-based alignment, commissioning simulations, beam threading, optics measurements and corrections, which are probed at numerous world-leading accelerator physics facilities. Advanced optics correction simulations include interaction-point tuning, magnetic tolerances are studied, and a new optics is under scrutiny. The current status of tuning simulations for different FCC-ee lattices is presented.

In autumn 2023, the FCC Feasibility Study underwent a crucial “mid-term review”. We describe some accelerator performance risks for the proposed future circular electron- positron collider, FCC-ee, identified for, and during, the mid-term review. For the collider rings, these are the collective effects when running on the Z resonance – especially resistive wall, beam-beam, and electron cloud –, the beam lifetime, dynamic aperture, alignment tolerances, and beam-based alignment. For the booster, the primary concern is the vacuum system, with regard to impedance and effects of the residual gas. For the injector, the layout and the linac repetition rate are primary considerations. We discuss the various issues and report the planned mitigations.