OFFICIAL ISSUE TRACKER
Server crashes linked to RCON messages or NVA tunnels
The developer identified server-crash cases associated with RCON broadcast messages and NVA tunnel use and says those issues have been fixed for the first hotfix.
Fix identified for Hotfix 1 · Reviewed Aug 15, 2026
PLATFORMServer administrators · All players
STATUSFix identified for Hotfix 1
EVIDENCEOfficially acknowledged
OFFICIAL POSITION
What the developer says
This is a server-side/game-build issue rather than evidence that an individual player installation is damaged.
MATCH THE SYMPTOM
Use this page when
- Whole server stops responding
- Crash follows an RCON broadcast
- Crash occurs while NVA tunnels are in use
REVERSIBLE CHECKS FIRST
What to do
- 01
Confirm the server and clients are running the hotfix build once it becomes available.
- 02
Before the update, avoid unnecessary RCON broadcast messages if they reproduce the crash.
- 03
Record the server build, provider, RCON action and tunnel event immediately before a repeatable crash.
- 04
Escalate server logs through the official server-support path rather than asking players to reinstall.
IMPORTANT LIMITS
Before changing more
- A client reinstall is not an appropriate first response to a whole-server crash.
- Do not treat every disconnect as this specific defect without the RCON or tunnel trigger evidence.