Chat message sending limit exploit makes Klei servers lag to a frame per minute or crash indefinitely

Klei please pay attention to this

It happened again by Steam user Tabs (76561199835427864). Added chat logs provided by a player who was at Hound Huggles during crash today.

Note that this time players that crashed were not able to launch the game right away after crashing. They were not able to launch properly until force quitting and starting the game a few times and/or after 15 minutes of waiting to relaunch. 

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Edited May 29, 2025 by konijnenmoed

Many exploiters are starting to use this bug. Dedicated servers probably shouldn't be played until this is fixed.

The client chat logs I viewed also point towards exploiters using empty chat lines to lag the server. 

9 hours ago, SpelunkerSplat said:

Many exploiters are starting to use this bug. Dedicated servers probably shouldn't be played until this is fixed.

The client chat logs I viewed also point towards exploiters using empty chat lines to lag the server. 

Could you add those client chat logs here?

Would be much appreciated. If you can't find them in the regular Klei folder, you may find them in the back up folder. 

Edited May 30, 2025 by konijnenmoed

Sure, here are some chat logs i have that show this happening.

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As stated here: 

 

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