March 2017
Basically you add a friend, they accept it - everything shows up right on Origin but not in the game. It doesn't even detect they're a friend (no highlight on the playerlist when you join). They're not detected at all. The website and the companion app shows similar "symptoms".
It's a workaround to remove them then the they should send an invite. I currently have 2 players on my friendlist with this bug.
Original topic, on the developers website: http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/battlefront/forums/discussion/67236/bug-some-friends-are-not-detecte...