Character unnecessary step down during PHYS_Flying mode

UE - Gameplay - Player Movement - Jan 15, 2026

When MovementMode is set to PHYS_Flying, the character may unexpectedly step down by MaxStepHeight when colliding with a wall near a ceiling. This occurs because UCharacterMovementComponent::StepUp ...

'Hide Unconnected Pins' Button in the Blueprint Node Details Panel Disconnects SubPins with Connections

UE - Framework - Blueprint - Jan 14, 2026

Given a get node with a struct output, if "Split Struct Pin" is used on the struct and one of that struct's outputs are connected to another node, it does not count as a used pin when the base get n ...

Curve Retargeting does not work with SourcePose retarget mode

UE - Anim - Rigging - Retargeting - Jan 14, 2026

Currently we build what source curves we are going to remap is done inside of: FIKRetargetCurveRemapOp::AnimGraphPreUpdateMainThread But in our ikretarget processor code we skip calling that functi ...

Detaching a component with "KeepRelative" location rule can result in incorrect location on client

UE - Networking - Jan 13, 2026

When receiving a replicated detachment, USceneComponent::PostRepNotifies will call DetachFromComponent with the KeepWorldTransform detachment rule. If the component is detached on the server with th ...

USceneComponent::AttachToComponent may not be called on client depending on replication order

UE - Networking - Jan 13, 2026

If the component being attached is received first, OnRep_AttachParent will set bNetUpdateAttachment to true, so USceneComponent::PostRepNotifies will call AttachToComponent. If the attach parent is ...

Light Function Materials containing a Texture Sample and Rotator nodes will fail RHI Validation

UE - Rendering Architecture - RHI - Jan 12, 2026

Using a Light Function Material that contains a Texture Sample and Rotator nodes will cause RHI Validation to fail with the following error: LogOutputDevice: Error: Ensure condition failed: Bindings ...

Temporal blur artifacts on Geometry Cache Components in Blueprint actor

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Alembic - Jan 9, 2026

When a Geometry Collection is in a Blueprint, attached to other components, it can render incorrect motion vectors at some angles. In the test project, any angle that is not a multiple of 45 will re ...

WP Builders: The Datalayer states forced in UWorldPartitionBuilder::LoadDataLayers can be lost

A licensee reported that Datalayers that are added to UWorldPartitionBuilder::IncludedDataLayers in a custom builder PreRun are not respected.   I used the minimap builder to debug the state of t ...

Not possible to force the Skeleton attribute to None on a default asset pipeline preset

UE - Editor - Content Pipeline - Import and Export - Jan 9, 2026

I guess that when the default value of the pipeline is None, the editor will silently pick the skeleton that is in the same folder of where you are importing. If the UI is active you can then force ...

Velocity Scene Texture Data Integrity Issues

UE - Graphics Features - Jan 8, 2026

When a Post-Process Material uses the Scene Texture Material Expression, the following code is generated: ``` MaterialFloat2 Local0 = Parameters.TexCoords[0].xy; MaterialFloat2 Local1 = ClampSceneT ...