Cannot rejoin instance after any EAC error
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SymphonyVR
if I get any EAC error. It will make so I can't join the instance I was before I got the EAC error.
It ends up in either a black screen or 3 load screen before getting me to the same world in a friend instance alone that was freshly created for me. Clearing the content cache didn't help.
it lets me join instances of the same world and any other instance except the ones where I got the EAC error.
Workaround is basically creating a new instance of the same world and inviting everyone there.
There are 2 EAC errors that are confirmed to get the issue (see attachments).
One happened on a group+, the other in a public instance. The world content data itself doesn't seem to be related to the issue (it could in theory happen on any world).
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yuukixx
I've also encountered the same issue, and it still occurs in the latest live version.
I've posted a report along with logs in the duplicate thread linked below.
I hope this helps with the investigation and fix.
StormRel
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Easter_Troll
Ive been getting this too except i cant even load into a world at all and it just sends me back in fourth to default home and my home world meaning i cant even play vrc
WubTheCaptain
Duplicate of a tracked issue (July 23, 2025): https://feedback.vrchat.com/bug-reports/p/1664a-problem-that-prevents-access-to-certain-instances-believed-to-be-caused-by
WubTheCaptain
Quoting Haxy:
> network issues with eac should not be treated as a mod kick imo
A mod kick = 1 hour ban from the instance.
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Deantwo
I have seen it mentioned a few times that a EAC error like that shown in OP, will indeed prevent you from re-joining that instance again.
I assume this functions like an instance kick, which means that you can't re-join that instance for an hour.
Silverlighting
Past few days I've had this, but then tonight I've gotten it multiple times. I've restarted my computer like others have suggested on the discord, but the error keeps happening.
stok54
Happened to me as well. Got the error about not being able to maintain a verified connection. I was totally unable to rejoin the instance I was in. The screen would go totally black for up to 5 minutes before loading me into a friends only instance alone.
I was not running anything other than VRChat, Discord, and Steam/Steam VR at the time of the error. My internet is fine.
༒TØMM¥༒
Yeah. Same just got it now. When loading into world "Connecting" takes longer. Not only that, when I try to join friends+ with people in it, it forces out by sending me to my own instance of that.
WubTheCaptain
Assuming by the date of this message, coinciding with an EAC kick at residence (CHERUB.5909) which required the event organizers to recreate the instance, this may affect the VRChat platform globally and not individual instances. VRChat Team members, tupper and stratz (I'll not tag them here), were attending and were probably affected too. I know a few of my friends were affected as well.
Whenever this happens, it doesn't always affect all users of the instance, only some of them.
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