Anti-Cheat Authentication Error – Game Freezes and Kicks Me Out

Platform: PC (EA App)

Issue: For the past 2 days, every time I try to launch Apex Legends, I receive the following error message:

“The client is not running the anti-cheat or has failed the anti-cheat authentication.”

After this, the game freezes during loading and then kicks me out.

Steps I’ve Already Tried:

• Restarted my PC multiple times
• Set the anti-cheat executable to run as Administrator
• Repaired the game through the EA App
• Deleted the anti-cheat file and repaired the game again to force a reinstall
• Verified that no firewall/antivirus is blocking the game

Result: None of these steps resolved the issue. The game consistently fails to authenticate anti-cheat and will not let me play.

Expected Behavior: The game should launch normally and allow me to connect without failing anti-cheat authentication.

Additional Info:

• EA App version: latest (as of June 2026)
• Apex Legends version: v3.0.5.66.01
• SID shown in error: 4:1007516:11148019:15179c5a-87b7-4b3d-9a46-fba81ae14616