Niagara Component can crash if ticked with a null tick function

UE - Niagara - Mar 12, 2021

Niagara components don't null check their tick functions, and can cause a crash as a result. Compare to UParticleSystemComponent::TickComponent which does. It's fairly common in the engine to pass n ...

Unloading a spawned Detour AI Controller using Level Streaming causes a crash

UE - AI - Oct 14, 2019

In a Level Streaming setup, unloading a level that has spawned an AI Character with a Detour AI Controller causes a crash. This was reported and tested in 4.23 (CL-8386587). This was reproduced in ...

Crash enabling Async Scene and opening level in editor

UE - Gameplay - Jan 11, 2017

This is a regression from 4.14.3 at CL 3251583 ...

Engine Crash when Running a Screenshot Functional Test

UE - Automation Test - Apr 12, 2023

Running a Screenshot Functional test, is causing an engine crash. By attaching a debugger to it, AScreenshotFunctionalTestBase::PrepareForScreenshot() is reached and GEngine->GameViewport is null, ...

Sequencer's View Options>Expand/Collapse Nodes and Descendants (Shift+V) does not Collapse after being Expanded (UE5.6)

UE - Anim - Sequencer - Jun 25, 2025

Sequencer's View Options>Expand/Collapse Nodes and Descendants (Shift+V) does not Collapse after being Expanded (UE5.6). As described in the Steps to Reproduce section, the command expands the prope ...

Access Violation crash deleting a Widget Blueprint with an unsaved Animation track - FSequencer::Tick()

UE - Anim - Sequencer - Jun 19, 2017

Encountered an Access Violation crash while deleting an Widget Blueprint with an unsaved Animation Track. The callstack references FSequencer::Tick(). I was not able to reproduce this issue in UE4/ ...

Crash in Blueprint when clicking on Component variable name that remains after Component was deleted

UE - Gameplay - Blueprint - Jul 25, 2017

This is a common crash in 4.16 and trending in the 4.17 previews. It can be reproduced by clicking on the name of a variable that remains listed in a Blueprint after the associated component has al ...

check(!bPostTickComponentUpdate) fails triggered by UNiagaraComponent::CreateRenderState_Concurrent() and StaticMeshCompilingManager::FinishCompilation()

UE - Niagara - Rendering - Jul 23, 2024

Reported alongside [Link Removed] Context: Some ActorComponents can schedule end-of-frame work which UWorld executes later in the frame in UWorld::SendAllEndOfFrameUpdates(). By-design it appears t ...

Crash When opening context menu in sequencer

UE - Anim - Sequencer - Mar 14, 2018

Altering a key in an event track that contains a struck with a static mesh variable will cause the editor to crash. ...