I have this weird case that whenever I open the Epic launcher, I get the tiny orange dot next to my ‘Library’ tab, and Lyra - along with a couple other of my downloaded marketplace packs - require to be updated. Over and over. I keep clicking to update them, and next time I have to do it all over ag…

Not only do I have that same problem, I also have downloads who appears in the launcher but never appears in the download section itself. The thing just refuse to download anything new for whatever reason it does :confused: . Is the launcher such a burden to epic? Can’t they at least get us a syste…

Bump! Please, Epic, this problem has persisted for two months now. :frowning:

I’ve also found that I can’t update plugins that actually do have updates. :sweat_smile:

It seems like there are now further compounding symptoms with this bug. I’m now unable to see which plugins are installed to the engine (there is supposed to be a dozen or so plugins installed to my version of 5.7.4). The plugins remain functional in the engine, but are now not displayed at all in …

yeah, this just reeks of DB or hard drive/server corruption. it slowly gets worse over time. i hope this is one reason why they’re completely rewriting the launcher

Sounds like an Epic Launcher sync/cache bug. Try clearing the Epic launcher cache (%localappdata%\EpicGamesLauncher\Saved\webcache) and restart it. If it keeps happening, verify the packs and make sure Epic has write permissions to the install location. If it’s only the orange dot returning but no f…

wait, they finally get rid of this slow and buggy launcher? what a good news. i couldnt remember that the launcher could tell me the already installed plugins… best thing is when the vault will always get reloaded when you start or restart the launcher. then you can wait till it loaded every asset…

Thanks for the input, however, deleting the webcache and giving the app write access (or running as administrator) does not fix the issue. Can anyone else confirm any work arounds?

This has been happening to me for a couple of months now, it’s very problematic for me. When I try to install plugins they fail and throw errors as well. Uninstalled Unreal, the Epic Launcher, and even reset windows. Nothing has worked. Also, the new UE 5.8 is having an issue where projects I create…

I also have this issue, it pretends to update but does f all. On next open launcher it again wants to pretend to update stuff. Additionally it keeps asking me to associate project files which regardless of accepting is asked the next time also. But these are all super minor issue compared to the du…

Epic Launcher keeps indicating of new updates

General Feedback & Requests

Doctor_Kannon (Doctor_Kannon) August 21, 2026, 5:18am 50

This is part of the problem.