Publishing blocked by "Entitlement check failed" / "In-island transactions failed" on UEFN 41.20

Summary

Creator Portal blocks release creation with “In-island transactions failed” and “Item verification failed / We couldn’t complete the item verification.” This happens even after clean private version uploads that pass local Verse validation.

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

AI

Steps to Reproduce

Windows, UEFN 41.20

Expected Result

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Observed Result

Removed all marketplace/entitlement devices from the island — error persists.
Reset local revision control cache (.urc folder) — resolved unrelated “Failed to load fragment payload” errors, but the entitlement/item verification error remains.
Confirmed via Output Log that [VerseExportMetadata] AllMetadata.Num=0 even though the project has valid entitlement/entitlement_offer classes defined in Verse (VIP Signal, Card Shield, Diamond packs).

Affects Versions

5.8

Platform(s)

Windows