Re: "Connection Failed" Error 1:85008S:4688822970:0Q

Everything in the title.

Error happend on each game (i started 5 or 6 games)

i also got this, tried everything and nothing can fix this 

I tried verifying steam files (it was missing 3 even though I just dloaded)

Tried turning off anti-virus AND made firewall exceptions.

Dloaded the game on EA app as well.

Every 3-10 mins the game gets "Connection Failed" But I see all streamers playing just fine and not a lot of people seem to be complaining about connection either.

So wtf??? Literally no other game I ever have connection problems.

same here. nothing helps for me either. it happens every 5-10 minutes.

I am able to login, find a match, and start playing. About 2-5 minutes after starting I get the two errors below. I am unable to figure out what is going on.

• Network is stable.
• Works with other games.
• Tried EA app and Steam.
• Reset router and PC
• Opened firewall to EA and Battlefield apps
• Cleared DNS cache. 
• No VPNs.

Somebody help me its driving me insane. 

UNKNOWN ERROR

An unknown error occurred.
ERROR CODE 1:85009S

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[CLOSE]

CONNECTION FAILED

Unable to connect to the EA servers. Please check your Internet connection, make sure the Platform Client is online and try again. Please see ea.com/unable-to-connect for more information.

ERROR CODE 1:85008S:4688822970:0Q

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I tried verifying steam files (it was missing 3 even though I just dloaded)

Tried turning off anti-virus AND made firewall exceptions.

Dloaded the game on EA app as well.

Every 3-7 mins the game gets "Connection Failed" But I see all streamers playing just fine and not a lot of people seem to be complaining about connection either.

edit: the first time opening the game lasts the longest. once I get the connection error the first time its errors faster.

Same, dont know what is different about my PC, been trying to play for hours. Nobody knows how to fix been looking everywhere. 

same problem

Getting error code 1:85008s:4688822970:0Q and randomly disconnecting from game or start screen back into queue. Tried linking/unlinking associated accounts, flushing DNS, restarting router, restarting client, tried launching through steam rather than EA app. Nothing seems to work.

Oddly after unlinking accounts I did get through 2 matches but then the error resumed. Anything else simple to try to resolve this issue?

Also happening to me, game is unplayable.

Same for me, i'll not buy the game with this issues

same issue. is there not a fix for this?

I think I solved this for myself by bypassing my Adguard home DNS server, if you are using Adguard or Pihole or something similar switch your DNS server on your device to google and it'll probably work.

I loved that i have that error when i'm using an encrypted DNS (Mullvad), but the moment i moved to an unencrypted one (Google) i can't even get past the secure boot error. So now idek what that secure boot error is even about lmao and why it changes depending on what DNS service i'm using.

I had the same issue. PIA VPN was running but with split tunnel enabled and by default apps bypass the VPN and I could get into the game but had the network error. I disabled VPN and I started getting the secure boot error.

i straight up didn't have secure boot enabled lol. make sure you do. i think something about encrypted DNS is making it so the anti cheat can't do the secure boot check straight away, but eventually realises that check didn't happen, and disconnects you.

this was my exact problem 👑

Yeah I didn't have secure boot enabled either so I was surprised I was able to play earlier at all

Just a follow-up for EA staff or anyone curious about my thoughts.  I was able to play BF6 without Secure Boot enabled while using an encrypted DNS. It seems the game skips the Secure Boot check initially, but later disconnects when it detects the check didn’t occur. (or something along those lines). This seems to be a vulnerability for the anti-cheat.

Whenever I try to play the beta, after a certain amount of time I get kicked out of the match and hit with the above error code.

I have seen a bunch of guides talking about ways to try and fix this but none of them have worked for me.

So far I have:
Flushed DNS
Changed DNS to Google
Restarted PC and Router
Confirmed all BF6 things are allowed through firewall
Tried both steam and EA app
Repaired files in each app and uninstalled and reinstalled
Turned off Ipv6 in my internet
Did a full network reset on my PC

Nothing has worked and it keeps happening.  Does anyone have any other things I can try?

Really hope EA address this and gives a official answer as to what is causing this and how to fix it, so many people are having this issue and trying many solutions to no avail.

Seems like the only fix for everyone who has tried all the basic problem fixes while searching every thread imaginable for a solution, like changing DNS/VPN settings, secure boot, firewall, reinstalling all EA apps and anti-cheat, and so on, is to reformat/factory reset which is really unsavory for just 1 game (or any battlefield really atp)

same problem

Hi guys,
so I fixed this by doing two things (it might be sufficient to do one of them, but I don't know which one helped):

1. Manually setting my DNS in Windows (for the network interface I'm using) to Google (8.8.8.8) and CloudFlare as backup (1.1.1.1). You can follow this guide to access the settings. This is how it looks like now at my PC:The purple rectangle shows the relevant part.
2. Validating BF6 files in Steam. I think you are familiar with this - right click on the game, Properties, Installed files, Verify integrity of beta files.

After setting these, the game runs without any network issues.

No luck for me with that, just like everything else sadly.  Still unplayable.

Glad you found something that fixed it for you though! :D