UAbilityTask_SpawnActor::BeginSpawningActor may return true when SpawnedActor contains stale value

UE - Foundation - Mar 15, 2026

UAbilityTask_SpawnActor::BeginSpawningActor assumes the incoming AActor*& SpawnedActor parameter is nullptr if no actor was spawned, but it does not initialize the parameter at the start of the func ...

Material expression "FloatToUInt" can trigger a check() when input is invalid

UE - Rendering - Architecture - Materials - Mar 11, 2026

When a "Float to UInt" Expression is used in a Material Graph with a valid direct input connection that fails to evaluate, function UMaterialExpressionFloatToUInt::Compile() does not catch the input ...

LevelStreamingPersistence: BP added components don't persist properties in PIE until map actor resave

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Mar 6, 2026

Context The LevelStreamingPersistence plugin can be used to remember and restore properties on actors, components and other objects that are part of a streamed level. Persisted properties are resto ...

Engine crashes when renaming assets inside an L10N folder.

UE - Editor - UI Systems - Localization - Mar 3, 2026

The engine crashes when renaming a localizable asset inside an L10N folder. The engine attempts to associate it with the original localizable asset, but it is unable to find it and ends up accessing ...

InvariantLeft and InvariantRight justification mispositions wrapped multi-line text

UE - Editor - UI Systems - Feb 26, 2026

When a UMG Text widget is set to Auto Wrap and uses InvariantLeft or InvariantRight, the wrapped visual lines are positioned differently than expected compared to Left/Right. In the current engine ...

Niagara GPU Distance Field collision uses only the first view in split-screen, causing collision to drop out for other players when view 0 loses Global DF coverage

UE - Niagara - Feb 17, 2026

In split-screen, Niagara GPU Distance Field collision appears to be evaluated against only the first view passed into the Niagara GPU sim (view index 0), rather than per split-screen view. Because G ...

Directly opening a modified map asset of a streaming sublevel does not always force it to be reloaded (inconsistent with other map open behaviors)

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Feb 10, 2026

When the level currently being edited has unsaved changes and the user opens a new one, the Editor asks if the changes should be saved. If the user answers negatively, the level asset is reverted to ...

Changing the ComponentClass of a ACharacter twice and trying to set a SkeletalMeshAsset crashes the engine

UE - Anim - Jan 22, 2026

Changing the ComponentClass of a ACharacter twice and trying to set a SkeletalMeshAsset crashes the engine with a "Cannot replace existing object of a different class" message. The conditions to re ...

UEditorEngine::OnAllPIEInstancesStarted() called prematurely, multiple times, while PIE clients are starting

UE - Gameplay - Jan 21, 2026

Context UEditorEngine::OnAllPIEInstancesStarted() is a virtual function that gets called when launching Play-in-Editor. It can be overridden if the game project chooses to introduce a subclass of U ...