UEFN won't run after v36.00 update

Summary

After updating UEFN it will no longer run. It looks like it attempts to launch but then stops and goes back to Launch state after a few seconds.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Other

Steps to Reproduce

Launch the Editor, no longer starts.

Expected Result

The editor should launch

Observed Result

Editor stays in the “Launch” state

Platform(s)

Win 11 Pro

We ran into same problem today, however editor started working again after verifying files for UEFN editor (https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/c-Category_EpicGamesStore/c-EpicGamesStore_LauncherSupport/how-do-i-verify-game-files-in-the-epic-games-launcher-a000084923).

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FORT-920666 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.

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can confirm that “verify” worked for us too yesterday

if anyone is interested, trying to run uefn executable directly gave error about missing tbb12.dll

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Thank you for the report, closing this one as a duplicate: FORT-920624