STEAM - Connection Failed Error 1:86001S:66003S:468882297O:0B

This error is caused by your account having two separate EA IDs which is not something that should be possible but I can promise you that if you were able to put into a ticket, you're wasting your time. EA support literally does not grasp what the issue is and I tried to argue with them for over 5 hours last night. Basically for example if I go on the EA desktop app and go to my profile, it will not show my correct EA ID instead of my current one but by changing my "Nickname" on that profile to the correct ID it would overwrite the nickname and fix my profile to have the correct name. This issue would happen to me with Battlefield 2042 and that was how I would fix it.

However, now I'm in the same situation as you as I own the game on steam and this is not an option to fix the game. No matter how many tickets you put in support doesn't understand what the issue is and our games are basically bricked unless you can convince them to fix this issue on your account. The error we're getting is an account authentication error caused by ID mismatch and you literally cannot fix it on your end with the Steam copy of the game without starting over.

I've tried unlinking and relinking to the same account but it did not fix the issue. Linking to a brand new account should 100% fix the problem but you're going to probably lose all of your game progress that you made on the first day. 

Hey, can you maybe check if you got shadow banned like me? I got a random shadow ban and afterwards the exact error message like yours. You can check it by ordering your data https://myaccount.ea.com/am/ui/security-privacy/download about privacy and look up your penalties on the file you will receive.

Just got the same error. I played fine on Friday and Saturday, now today, I get an error.  What I did was quit the EA App,  reloaded it. The App sent me a verification code to my email and I enter the 6 digit code and I logged in. The game loaded fine then.  I've loaded the game twice so far, haven't played, but it compiled shaders and got to the menu. 

Had the same problem. Downloading cloudflare and enabling WARP fixed it.

Playing through steam, played yesterday, tried today and got this error. 0 help from EA ofcourse

still happening to me and theres no fix

they dont update us on anything the support is **bleep**ing useless 

i waited 3 DAYS for them to tell me "the issue has been resolved" when it clearly **bleep**ing isnt lol

now i guess i gotta wait 3 more days for another generic response

horrific customer service i cant believe i spent 70$ on this

I'm experiencing the EXACT same error code (1:86001S:66003S:468882297O:0B) since October 9th purchase on Steam.

Can confirm this is NOT client-side:
- Verified all game files (100%)
- Repaired EAAntiCheat
- Changed DNS to 8.8.8.8
- Cleared EA App cache
- Disabled firewall/antivirus
- Tried everything mentioned in this thread

EA Support Case #225201907 opened and escalated to backend authentication team. They confirmed it's an EA backend bug affecting Steam players specifically.

The issue is with EA server authentication rejecting properly linked Steam-EA accounts. No amount of local troubleshooting will fix this - it requires EA backend team intervention.

I've been told to monitor this forum thread for official EA/DICE response and updates via social channels.

Requesting EA official acknowledgment and timeline for fix. Multiple Steam players affected since launch.

Region: Brazil | Platform: Steam PC | Days unable to play: 4+

Having the same issue, spoke to support who were not helpful at all, all they could say was “yeah we’re working to fix it” no compensation or any solution just can’t play the game that we all just spent $100 on 

For me, I updated my BIOS earlier and had a USB drive connected to my PC. When I unplugged that, it worked.

If you have any “hot” drives connected, I’d recommend disconnecting them and restart the game. People on Reddit also mentioned double checking your anti-virus/VPN settings. 

Hey! The issue has something to do with the internet provider itself. I a lot of tests wifi/cable connection, different networks, router reset etc. I did a test same machine but a different internet provider, and it worked.  I used a personal hotspot, and again it worked fine.
For now, everything points that the internet provider and BF6 server don't work well together. 

For context.
I am from Bulgaria, and my internet provider is DCC corporation.