Non-existing config file loading could cause memory leak

UE - CoreTech - Oct 19, 2023

The cause of this problem is the Engine has code paths which register a new allocated object to Map without deleting the previous object. In the repro project, whenever hitting Space Bar, the level ...

AdditionalPluginDirectories when set are not reflected in generated projects

UE - Foundation - Cpp Tools - UnrealBuildTool - Jan 3, 2023

Bug report viaUDN: We have some plugins that we'd like to share between projects, that we don't want to maintain multiple copies of. The AdditionalPluginsDirectories option for Project's solves tha ...

Procedural Mesh Component Memory leak when destroyed from an Array

UE - Gameplay - Oct 15, 2018

When destroying an Actor with a Procedural Mesh Component; that is stored in an Array Variable, the memory for that Actor's Procedural Mesh Component is not cleared, leading to a Memory Leak. Howeve ...

FKeyHandle internal static atomic counter can overflow on long running games depending on usage pattern

UE - Anim - Sep 24, 2025

Structure FKeyHandle stores an internal index, which is initialized from a static atomic counter in the default constructor: +----- FKeyHandle::FKeyHandle() { | static std::atomic<uint32> LastKey ...

Memory leak when using Blueprint Debugger while inspecting a return value

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Mar 11, 2022

Potential memory leak when using Blueprint Debugger to inspect a return value multiple times while playing. User also reported this would cause a crash, but I didn't try to max out ram usage to trig ...

check(bRenderStateCreated) fires in SendRenderDynamicData_Concurrent called from FRegisterComponentContext::Process

UE - Rendering - Architecture - RHI - May 18, 2026

FRegisterComponentContext::Process() in ActorComponent.cpp iterates over SendRenderDynamicDataPrimitives and calls SendRenderDynamicData_Concurrent() on each. The existing guard checks ::IsValid(Pri ...

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

UE - Rendering - Architecture - 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 ...

Editor Utility Widgets: Asset creating nodes' output pins in uber graphs cause asset deletion warning

UE - Framework - Blueprint Runtime - Oct 8, 2024

Editor Utility Widgets (EUW) can be used to script editor behavior. One use case is the automation of asset creation. A licensee has reported that when an EUW is used to create an asset, for as lon ...

[CrashReport] Assertion on in UMaterialInterface::InitDefaultMaterials()

UE - Graphics Features - Jun 28, 2017

This is a common Mac crash occurring in the 4.16.1 release. I have not found any evidence of it occurring on Windows. The callstack closely matches [Link Removed], which was briefly experienced by ...

Users can create project with name of "Stack" which causes conflict with existing "Stack.h"

Tools - Sep 12, 2016

Users can create project with existing name of "Slack" which causes conflict with existing Slack.h. Call stack is log file. ...