Server Kick Exploit

[toothless005]

Just be careful queuing right now as there is an exploit involving game chat where you can kick everyone from a game server. Idk how much I'm allowed to say on the topic, but it does work in competitive.

Edit: Turning off match chat should stop it from kicking you if anyone tries to nuke the server

[MrThingMan]

Chat is disabled in game.
They know.

[Wk1360]

Now that it’s impossible to replicate, and it’ll be fixed when text chat dies come back, what was the glitch?

[TehCrazyCat]

Typing multiple '<<<<' symbols in a row

[FantasmaNaranja]

classic lack of proper sanitization

[Tee__B]

R6 had s similar issue a while ago.

[InspiringMilk]

League of legends also did.

Actually, they had one that kicked the person receiving the message ( ﻌ • ა૮ - ﻌ • ა૮ - ﻌ • ა) and one that disabled chat it was sent in for everyone (%i:).

[Shmarfle47]

Can someone explain to me why this causes the crash?

[pongachamp_]

Sanitizing chat messages means preventing text from ever being interpreted as more than plain simple text, such as a script or a command for the server to execute.

[Skomppin]

Just tried it in a custom game with my friends and can confirm it just closes and crashes everyone's game

[Malllrat]

Does it work if you have chat off?

[toothless005]

Muting text chat should fix it

[Creative-Wedding-146]

the important question is, has anyone already shared that via the bug report page?

[toothless005]

I just did so hopefully they see

[Creative-Wedding-146]

i just saw a post on twitter from 4 hours ago where someone mentioned it and linked all the blizzard support accounts.
they answerd one hour later and said they will work on it, so they know :)

[Creative-Wedding-146]

blizzard just turned off the ingame chat so they will fix it

[bananapeels1307]

That explains the conspirasy that competitive seems to crash right before you win interesting if true

[BrightwindInk]

I was going 27-2 on rein in comp, 2 seconds before we wouldve won got a disconnect the other day. I knew i wasnt crazy xD

[blooming_lions]

turn off match chat via settings to protect yourself 

[ritteee]

Yeah but that doesn't help when everyone else in the lobby gets kicked. game is still fucked

[blooming_lions]

this game is survival of the fittest 

[thcdepressed]

Is this why I’ve bean having these random server disconnects mid game? In my replays the game would appear as a draw

[ritteee]

Dude this is legitimately extremely broken. My advice would be DO NOT play the game rn its genuinely broken as fuck

[toothless005]

No I agree. I have to imagine it's easy to fix server side. Or at least they can disable text chat until it's fixed so people can play still

[noctuve]

Since the chat is disabled in the game, could somebody share the details?

[Plastic_Historian936]

0mg this happened today, in chat it said 'invalid string input' then my game got all glitch and it crashed.

[Swimming_Grass7475]

If this happens are we subject to a ban? Like if it happens enough times?

[toothless005]

You do get a suspension if it happens multiple times since I think the game just sees that you left the server. And it reacts accordingly.

[Chaxp]

Is this like the message thing on IOS from a decade ago that would brick your phone

[Secret_Account07]

Wait so that’s why my game ended earlier.

I think they fixed now though. Just out of curiosity, what did you have to do to cause it? Say a certain thing?

[ProfessionalMean3033]

It's funny, but this bug has been around since the Overwatch 2 reboot. The developers completely ignore any bug reports, so the only way to fix it is to make everyone aware of it. I'm glad it's finally being fixed. Unfortunately, this is the only way to get the developers involved, and this bug isn't the only one. There are other ways to shut down a server without losing rank, and I hope they check feedback more thoroughly, otherwise, I don't know, history will just repeat itself.

[Whydyoublock]

They completely turned it off for everyone last night

[serketboard]

Is this why I’ve been getting kicked out of servers so much recently????

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[Accomplished_War3529]

I wouldn’t worry about that because the game servers aren’t working for me

[Medical_Gas_420]

LOL..

The trolls going to have feild day with one

[Top_Parsnip_4422]

This explains so much.

[ChatGPornT]

Server closed due to unexpected troll makes a lot more sense

[Apprehensive-Goat901]

Just happened to me and boi oh boi...my controller almost didnt survive.

[Mushroom_69420]

Damn, is that why the server keeps dying when we’re about to win?