Consistent lobby dissolution and account social functions in stasus

Status:	Pending Moderation
Priority:	Critical
Added by:	Matukas on February 12, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.4.2
Actual Result:	Friends list does not update, invites do not go through, invites are received but generate an error message: "Cannot be accepted."
Expected Result:	Joining the other person's party
Severity:	Blocker
Reproducibility:	Always
Platform:	Steam
Additional Notes & Comments:	Occurs on other platforms (e.g., Epic). Has been occuring since 9.1.2. I am attaching two set of logs, from the October patch and from the current (9.4.2.) live patch.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Join the lobby of anyone on my friends list
2. Play one match
3. Reach the postgame lobby/postgame scoreboard
4. If disconnected from the party, attempt to reconnect either by clicking "join party" or receiving an invite

Explanation

SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE:

I do not receive 'player wants to join your lobby' requests after already playing with a player in a session have never once received them twice in a session since their implementation a couple months ago, nor can I request to join other people's lobbies after playing with them in a session. This makes it effectively impossible to play with friends without constantly rebooting the game.

Playing a single results in the dissolution of the lobby once either I or one person I am playing with leave the postgame lobby.

I receive a frozen friendslist from the moment that the first match finishes; players who are online on that list will continue to appear online and players who are offline will continue to appear offline, regardless of their actual current status. Note that my STEAM friendslist is unaffected, only the list on Dead by Daylight is compromised by this bug.

I also do not show as online to my friends on Dead by Daylight, even while Steam shows me online and shows me as active on Dead by Daylight. The same is true for Epic and my Epic friends list. After the dissolution of the first lobby, I will be unable to join ANY new lobbies irrespective of the platform of the other people in the lobby they are attempting to join.

If I attempt to relog, I will be met with the account error in the attached screenshot.

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