# UEFN Launch Session takes incredibly long all of a sudden

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uefn-launch-session-takes-incredibly-long-all-of-a-sudden/2702005>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** closed, fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, fortnite\
**Created:** [February 24, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uefn-launch-session-takes-incredibly-long-all-of-a-sudden/2702005 "2026-02-24T16:17:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![thrax207](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@thrax207](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/thrax207)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uefn-launch-session-takes-incredibly-long-all-of-a-sudden/2702005/1 "2026-02-24T16:17:37Z")

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### Summary

When I try to launch session, it takes VERY long. Like 5-10x as before.  
It fails often as well with random errors.  
The Uploading is very often at \< 1mb/s (showing 0MB/s), so for 710MB its taking 30 min.  
My upload speed is fast 300+ Mbps

My region is UAE

### Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

### What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Stability

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Press launch session

### Expected Result

Should launch reasonably fast (like 5-10m)

### Observed Result

Fails to launch with errors and takes incredibly long in the uploading stage

### Platform(s)

PC

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**Author:** ![Flak](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/flak/32/769441_2.png) [@Flak](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Flak)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uefn-launch-session-takes-incredibly-long-all-of-a-sudden/2702005/4 "2026-02-24T19:30:07Z")

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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:** [February 24, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uefn-launch-session-takes-incredibly-long-all-of-a-sudden/2702005/5 "2026-02-24T22:00:53Z")

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FORT-1060663 has been ‘Closed’. The issue reported is not caused by a bug in the tool.

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**Author:** ![Flak](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/flak/32/769441_2.png) [@Flak](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Flak)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uefn-launch-session-takes-incredibly-long-all-of-a-sudden/2702005/6 "2026-03-03T20:03:53Z")

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> <https://x.com/FortniteStatus/status/2028919547584233622>