[CRITICAL] UEFN Download Size Randomly Doubles Without Asset Changes — Blocks Publishing

Summary

I’m experiencing a critical issue where my UEFN project’s download size randomly increases between sessions, despite no significant changes to project assets.

The issue also affects Creator Portal, preventing me from publishing my island because the download size exceeds the 400 MiB limit.

Project Size Comparison:

Version 487: Upload 768.11 MiB | Download 332.05 MiB

Version 490: Upload 768.13 MiB | Download 746.01 MiB

Unexpected download-size increase: 413.96 MiB

Texture and Static Mesh sizes remain practically identical.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Creative

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Stability

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open the UEFN project.
    2.Launch a session and calculate project size.
    3.Observe a download size of approximately 332 MiB in some sessions.
    4.In other sessions or private versions, the calculated download size increases to approximately 746 MiB.
    5.Check Creator Portal, which also displays the inflated size.

Expected Result

Download size should remain consistent when project assets are unchanged.

Observed Result

Download size fluctuates by more than 400 MiB without corresponding asset changes, making the project impossible to publish when the inflated size is reported.

Platform(s)

windows

Island Code

2888-8569-9728

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Additional Notes

Publishing blocked. This is affecting active development and preventing release.

I have attached screenshots showing the project-size differences.
Please investigate whether this is related to inconsistent cooking, packaging, or download-size calculation.