WARDOGS: Launch Stability Hotfix #1 (Sep 10, 2026): what changed

Fix 3

TL;DRBULKHEAD released this small client hotfix on launch day to tackle the problems players hit at launch. It is intended to address players being unable to join servers, being kicked from servers during play, and long login queues; everyone had to restart, update and rejoin the login queue in controlled batches.

Who this matters to

Everyone

You had to close WARDOGS, download the update and rejoin the login queue, with players let in gradually in controlled batches.

All 3 changes

Servers

History · 3 patches →

Fix

The hotfix is intended to fix players being unable to join servers.

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Players unable to join servers.

This client hotfix is intended to address several of the issues we have been seeing, including:

Fix

The hotfix is intended to fix players being unexpectedly kicked from servers during play.

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Players being unexpectedly kicked from servers during play.

This client hotfix is intended to address several of the issues we have been seeing, including:

Login queue

Fix

The hotfix is intended to shorten extended login queue times.

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Extended login queue times.

This client hotfix is intended to address several of the issues we have been seeing, including:

Structured by Nerf Radar from the official notes (curated by hand). Curated by hand from the official Steam announcement. The restart and login-queue steps describe how the hotfix was rolled out and are not listed as changes. Source: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1867240/view/1843481262693332 · fetched Oct 7, 2026.