# Social Joining does not work correctly.

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/social-joining-does-not-work-correctly/2715404>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** open, fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, fortnite\
**Created:** [April 15, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/social-joining-does-not-work-correctly/2715404 "2026-04-15T03:29:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/social-joining-does-not-work-correctly/2715404/1 "2026-04-15T03:29:36Z")

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### Summary

Even with Social joining disabled both on Island setting and the round device it still don’t work and players can sometimes join in progress…

### Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

### What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Matchmaking

### Steps to Reproduce

Open Island Settings and disable Social Joining  
Disable Join In Progress (if applicable) in the Round Device  
Start a game session with multiple players  
Attempt to join the session from another account (friend/social join) while the round is already in progress

### Expected Result

Players should be prevented from joining once the match/round has started.

### Observed Result

Players are still able to join the game in progress despite Social Joining being disabled.

### Platform(s)

All

### Island Code

3589-2124-6433

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![Screenshot 2026-04-15 042406.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/f/3/d/f3dbe9f98dd041e15dc78c349bc9d2742e28c6a3.png)

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**Author:** ![postboxpat](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/postboxpat/32/636895_2.png) [@postboxpat](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/postboxpat)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/social-joining-does-not-work-correctly/2715404/2 "2026-04-15T03:31:34Z")

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**Author:** ![Bug-Reporter](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bug-reporter/32/997076_2.png) [@Bug-Reporter](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Bug-Reporter)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/social-joining-does-not-work-correctly/2715404/5 "2026-05-12T17:00:45Z")

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FORT-1090431 has been added to our ‘To Do’ list. Someone’s been assigned this task.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/social-joining-does-not-work-correctly/2715404/6 "2026-10-12T03:30:31Z")

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