"Failed to connect to beacon" upon launching session

General Issues and Bug Reporting
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Summary

Been getting this nonstop since the update. It goes away for a few hours, then comes back and leaves me unable to launch a session for hours. The entire message reads:
“Failed to connect to beacon Your backend is: Fortnite Your Build is: ++Fortnite+Release-41.00-CL-54618515 Region: BR BuildIdOverride is: 53972989”

This had never happened to me in past versions and my internet connection is 100% stable and well. I’ve restarted UEFN, my PC, and tried restarting the sesion dozens of times to no avail.

Our latest priv island code is 6066-8406-6239

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Stability

Steps to Reproduce

Intermittent issue.

  1. Start up UEFN
  2. Try to start a session
  3. Get stuck on “loading” until the client accuses ‘matchmaking failure’ and the editor accuses a failed connection with the aforementioned log.

Expected Result

Expected not to have issues starting a session.

Observed Result

Had issues starting a session.

Platform(s)

PC

Island Code

6066-8406-6239

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I’m getting this too for the EU region
When launching session i’m unable to move at all and then get a matchmaking error

4

Had the same issue today, sometimes it worked, sometime not.

‘‘Failed to connect to beacon
Your backend is: Fortnite
Your Build is: ++Fortnite+Release-41.00-CL-54872343
Region: EU
BuildIdOverride is: 53972989’’

I also tried to launch a session multiple times on a blank new project and it worked all the time.
It could be random, but it seems like this issue does more often occure on older/bigger projects.

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This is happening to me as well.

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yh same thing

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Same issue over here

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hi all,

Please try the known problem first

v41.00 Known Issues & Pre-Release Updates - General / Issues and Bug Reporting - Epic Developer Community Forums

if that fails

  • please clear the following directory and try again.

%LOCALAPPDATA%/UnrealEditorFortnite/Intermediate/ValkyrieLocalizationTemp

  • please clear the following directory and try again.

%LOCALAPPDATA%/UnrealEditorFortnite/Intermediate/ValkyrieValidationTemp

In past clearing the above directories as these are related to the Valkyrie Beacon problems

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If this is still occurring could you attach your logs after reproducing it? How to get your Fortnite logs

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FORT-1114640 has been ‘Backlogged’. This is an issue that is in a queue to be addressed.