Connection failed: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

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WitchPrincess
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Connection failed: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

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I keep getting this pop-up every time I try to join the official servers. I can't host or join other people's games, everything I've tried thus far - remove all add-ons and data, downloading the game directly, and allowing it through the fire wall - all didn't work
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Re: Connection failed: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

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Can you upload the log file (viewtopic.php?t=46166)?
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Re: Connection failed: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

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Here are some of my last few times
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Re: Connection failed: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

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In the second file, it has this:

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20260408 15:46:36 error network: caught network error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
20260408 15:46:36 error general: Connection failed: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
20260408 15:48:08 error network: caught network error: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
20260408 15:48:08 error general: Connection failed: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
20260408 15:48:13 warning network: wait_for_handshake Rethrowing: system:11001
20260408 15:48:13 error network: caught network error: No such host is known
20260408 15:48:13 error general: Connection failed: No such host is known
20260408 15:48:21 warning network: wait_for_handshake Rethrowing: system:11001
20260408 15:48:21 error network: caught network error: No such host is known
20260408 15:48:21 error general: Connection failed: No such host is known
So it looks like there's potentially something wrong with your connection or DNS where it for some reason becomes unable to find Wesnoth's servers.
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