# Live Edit session drops ~5 minutes after launch, client never joins the island

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/live-edit-session-drops-5-minutes-after-launch-client-never-joins-the-island/2841968>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, closed, fortnite\
**Created:** [October 17, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/live-edit-session-drops-5-minutes-after-launch-client-never-joins-the-island/2841968 "2026-10-17T18:27:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/live-edit-session-drops-5-minutes-after-launch-client-never-joins-the-island/2841968/5 "2026-10-21T16:00:29Z")

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FORT-1175585 has been ‘Closed’ as a duplicate of an existing known issue. Origin Issue: FORT-1175582, Origin Topic: [UEFN live edit, the client never joins the edit session (server shuts down, "no game clients")](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uefn-live-edit-the-client-never-joins-the-edit-session-server-shuts-down-no-game-clients/2841772)

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