Hey Catanians! We’re rolling out a stability-focused update to make your games smoother, chats clearer, and matchmaking more reliable. Downtime starts Today around 11:00 CEST and will last roughly 2 hours. Thanks for your patience! Here’s what you’ll notice: Matchmaking & connections
More reliable auto-matchmaking
Stopping your search now truly stops it
Fewer “kicked but still in match” edge cases
Turn timer behavior is more consistent
Lobby & invites
Invites, declines, and ready states work more reliably, so getting into games is easier
Chat, mail & social
In-game chat fixes: no more random server messages in MP matches, and “unknown” sender/receiver is resolved
Whisper chat works again
Better profanity filtering in chat and guild names (you’ll see clear error messages)
Helpful popups when your friends/blocked lists hit their limits
Friend requests are more dependable
XP, Elo & leaderboards
Missing XP issues fixed and weird end-screen XP/Elo displays corrected
Elo values normalized on leaderboards
“Hide on leaderboard” actually hides you again
Gameplay & UI polish
No more double “End Turn” click after receiving VP
“View progress” no longer throws errors
Report window now closes properly
Emails & account flow
Cleaner, updated account and password reset emails
Registration/reset flows won’t get stuck
We’ll keep an eye on things after the update—if you spot anything odd, drop details in the #feedback-discussion-forum on Discrod. Thanks for playing CATAN Universe!