Friend can't join due to "being blocked"

Age of Mythology: Retold Report a Bug
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  • Game Version: v.100.18.419.0

  • Build Number: 524707R

  • Platform: Steam

  • Operating System: Windows 10

Issue:

A friend who is not blocked by me tried to join my private game (it had a password, he entered it correctly), but he couldn’t join and got the message “Can’t join session because of being blocked by a player in the lobby” (Wording may be different). There was noone else in the lobby, just me.
On the other hand joining him then worked.

Trigger Event:

My friend trying to join my lobby.

Repro Steps:

1 person hosts a session, another tries to join. Seems to be very random when this happens though.

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Check if you accidentally blocked him:

  1. Click on your username in the top right corner.
  2. Click on Socials.
  3. Expand Blocked list.
  4. If he is there unblock him.
  5. You both reboot the game and rehost MP session, and let him try to join.
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I did check my blocked list, he was not on there.
Rebooting didn’t work either. I could join his game, and then the game after that he could join me again.
But still, this is an annoying bug that I’ve seen other people have, too, in the discord. Just prevents you from joining some stuff, could also lead to people thinking they’ve been blocked by people they are not blocked by.

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Hi @Jolpe, thank you for the report. We seem to be unable to repro this issue on our end, please do let us know if you run into it again.