# Cannot join or create a session after leaving one.

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100>\
**Category:** Platform & Builds\
**Tags:** Networking, Steam, Server, unreal-engine, UE4, Blueprint, question\
**Created:** [December 10, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100 "2015-12-10T22:19:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_cc520b28](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_cc520b28](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_cc520b28)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100/1 "2015-12-10T22:19:05Z")

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After leaving a session in my game I cannot join, find, and create a session again. The only way to fix this is to restart the game. When I try to create a server or join one this shows up on the log.  
[2015.12.10-22.04.33:199][502]LogOnline:Warning: STEAM: Can’t start an online session (Game) in state Destroying  
[2015.12.10-22.04.40:814][259]LogOnline:Warning: STEAM: Cannot create session ‘Game’: session already exists.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_5cb00b061](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_5cb00b061](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_5cb00b061)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100/2 "2016-01-29T02:50:55Z")

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Hello TechnomancyStudios!

Did you find the solution to this problem? I’ve the same issue and I haven’t managed to solve it.

Thanks in advance for your attention.

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**Author:** ![RomFou](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@RomFou](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/RomFou)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100/3 "2016-02-19T21:18:33Z")

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Hi everyone,

same problem here !

No one find a solution ?

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**Author:** ![wrfstudios](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@wrfstudios](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/wrfstudios)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100/4 "2016-07-22T18:10:36Z")

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same issue… has this been fixed in versions newer than 4.10.4? (or maybe I am not cleaning up correctly when I leave a session?)

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**Author:** ![CrimsonHawk](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@CrimsonHawk](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/CrimsonHawk)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100/5 "2016-11-15T18:02:38Z")

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It’s because DestroySession returns with Failure. Don’t know why though.

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**Author:** ![tschmi22](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@tschmi22](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/tschmi22)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100/6 "2017-09-06T22:22:50Z")

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I’m still having this problem in 4.16. Any fix?

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**Author:** ![MWTAHM](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@MWTAHM](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MWTAHM)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-join-or-create-a-session-after-leaving-one/341100/7 "2019-10-21T13:13:01Z")

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From The Future: It has been Fixed!