Regression: Several project settings, especially from built-in Plugins, are being silently erased when previously they were not, which is perceived as a bug

UE - Core - Systems - Feb 28, 2025

In UE's Project Settings, some pages are saved automatically to the project's "Config/Default<CATEGORY>.ini" file (meant to be version-controlled) on every change. Other pages have buttons "Set as D ...

FGameplayTagCountContainer::Reset() leaves explicit tag state and causes counts to accumulate

UE - Gameplay - Gameplay Tags - Aug 4, 2026

[Summary] In UE 5.7 and later, if a tag is added once to an FGameplayTagCountContainer, the container is reset, and the same tag is added once more, GetExplicitTagCount() returns 2 instead of the e ...

Crash compiling animation blueprint with Spline IK node

UE - Anim - Rigging - Dec 13, 2016

Crash occurs when compiling an animation blueprint with a Spline IK node. This seems to occur only with the Start and End Bone settings set a certain (perhaps incorrect) way. In the example given, ...

[CrashReport] UE4Editor_D3D11RHI!TerminateOnDeviceRemoved() [d3d11util.cpp:176]

UE - Graphics Features - Nov 18, 2016

Error message: Fatal error: [Link Removed] [Line: 176] Unreal Engine is exiting due to D3D device being lost. (Error: 0x887A0006 - 'HUNG') Source Context: 161 162 const TCHAR* Rea ...

[CrashReport] UObjectBaseUtility::IsA | UObjectProperty::SerializeItem

UE - Gameplay - Aug 15, 2017

This is a trending crash coming out of the 4.17 release. Update: also occurring in 4.18 User DescriptionsCompiled after Refreshing Blueprint node after changine its namePressed compile after creat ...

Crash when opening a texture or editing its properties after stopping a preview in the material editor

UE - Rendering - Architecture - Materials - Sep 5, 2025

When a texture asset has certain properties edited, its PostEditChangeProperty() method calls to UTexture::NotifyMaterials(), which triggers a recompilation of materials that reference it in their m ...

Hot reload causes placed actor to lose variable references

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - Hot Reload - Nov 9, 2017

Preforming a hot reload causes placed actors to lose code based variable settings. More repro steps: 1. Open UE4Editor.exe 2. Create a First Person Code project 3. Build the project for Developme ...

Editing ChildActorComponents on a Parent BP can corrupt a Child BP's state.

UE - Gameplay - Components - Jun 13, 2017

Editing the Child Actor Class of a Child Actor Component owned by a Parent BP can corrupt the Child BP's state. This seems related to known serialization issues, where changing a Parent's Property ...

Unreal Engine Fails to Launch with Vulkan SM6 RHI and RenderDoc Auto-Attach Enabled

UE - Rendering - RHI - Dec 3, 2025

When launching Unreal Engine with the Vulkan RHI, SM6 and RenderDoc Auto Attach on Startup enabled, the engine fails to initialize with the error: “A compatible Vulkan Driver is required to run the ...

5.5 Static Mesh Import Pipeline Regression

UE - Editor - Open File Formats - Import and Export - Apr 25, 2025

This question was created in reference to: [Link Removed] This post references the first post because this problem was not discovered till now. I think it was masked because the issue appears to be ...