Regression: FAnimInstanceProxy memory leak when BeginDestroy() called on UAnimInstance before USkeletalMeshComponent

UE - Anim - Runtime - Feb 10, 2025

In UE 5.5, the fix applied by CL 36529858 in ue5-main updated USkeletalMeshComponent::ClearAnimScriptInstance() to call AnimScriptInstance::UninitializeAnimation() on the animation instance. This, i ...

Instigator is no longer automatically set when spawning actors from blueprint

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Aug 20, 2024

Actors that are spawned from blueprints will no longer have their instigator automatically set to the instigator that spawned them. This is a regression in 5.5, because in 5.4 and earlier a null Ins ...

[AI] Navmesh tiles on different layers get removed while streaming out in WP Dynamic Modifiers Only navmesh

UE - AI - Navigation - Feb 6, 2025

 Streaming out the navmesh and streaming the area back into the world before the GC runs causes the navmesh streamed back into the world to only have navmesh tiles on a layer with tiles that would b ...

Enabling ZenLoader causes editor crash when undoing Level Instance deletion

UE - CoreTech - Sep 5, 2024

Crash reported through UDN. With ZenLoader enabled, deleting a level instance and triggering Undo causes a crash in  ULandscapeComponent::PostEditUndo() The user has provided an example project th ...

Engine crash when Scene Capture Component 2D is added to viewport with forward rendering

UE - Graphics Features - Nov 26, 2016

If forward shading is enabled and shadows are disabled, adding an actor with a SceneCaptureComponent2D and static mesh to the viewport will cause the editor to crash. Regression: Yes - this crash o ...

Physics Substepping doesn't have the same effect from 4.15 to 4.16

OLD - Anim - Aug 8, 2017

Physics Substepping doesn't have the same effect from 4.15 to 4.16. In 4.16+ the ponytail in the provided project will have a jitter effect even with substepping enabled. This is a regression: Work ...

FormatName is not added to the display name of gpu events in some cases.

UE - Foundation - Insights - Dec 12, 2025

If the breadcrumb events have no metadata but the metadata spec contains a format name, the format name is not added to the display name and the user cannot see it. GPU Profiler 2.0. The trace they ...

World Memory Leaks crash with a hidden sublevel to a redirector

Tools - Dec 8, 2020

From UDN: The reason it crashes is because Child doesn't get garbage collected, which is because it still has the RF_Standalone flag. UEditorEngine::EditorDestroyWorld clears RF_Standalone flag ...

Using the BuildGraph to create an installed binary build of the Engine will fail if Simplygon is not installed.

UE - Foundation - Horde - BuildGraph - Oct 13, 2016

A user reported that attempting to create an installed binary build of the Engine using BuildGraph will fail. This seems to be because we include the UE Simplygon implementation, but do not disable ...

Skeletal Meshes with imported LODs will use the highest LOD when generating Nanite, rather than LOD0

UE - Graphics Features - Nanite - Jan 14, 2025

In the SkeletalMeshBuilder, Nanite is generated when enabled regardless of the LOD being requested. Since the Nanite enablement parameter is set on all LODs in USkeletalMesh::BuildLODModel and LODs ...