Clients receive error Hawking after Hotfix 1.0.0.21184

[dvanderveer]

Problem

After Abiotic Factor Hotfix 1.0.0.21184 was released on 29 Sept. 2025, my server stopped appearing in the in-game server browser. Attempting to connect directly to the server by IP address failed with error "Hawking", and a message indicating that the server needed to be updated. I checked my docker-compose.yml file and confirmed that AutoUpdate=true was set in the environment section of the configuration, then restarted the container. The issue persisted.

Troubleshooting Performed

I established a shell session with docker exec -it <abiotic_container_name> /bin/sh, then executed the following in an attempt to update the server manually:

steamcmd
> force_install_dir /server
> login anonymous
> app_update 2857200 validate

This failed with Error! App '2857200' state is 0x6 after update job.

Workaround

I renamed the server's gamefiles directory and restarted the container again. After doing this the server reappeared in the in-game browser, and I was able to connect without issue.

[dvanderveer]

I reproduced the error by creating a second container using different ports, using the backed-up gamefiles directory from before my troubleshooting. From the container logs I can see that the 0x6 error also occurred when entrypoint.sh attempt to auto-update the server:

$ docker logs abiotic2 2>&1 | grep -B15 "state is 0x6"
steamcmd.sh[7]: Restarting steamcmd by request...
WARNING: setlocale('en_US.UTF-8') failed, using locale: 'C'. International characters may not work.
Redirecting stderr to '/root/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
Logging directory: '/root/Steam/logs'
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
UpdateUI: skip show logo
Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1757650979
-- type 'quit' to exit --
Loading Steam API...OK
"@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType" = "windows"

Connecting anonymously to Steam Public...OK
Waiting for client config...OK
Waiting for user info...OK
Error! App '2857200' state is 0x6 after update job.

I think there would be a way for entrypoint.sh to detect this error, wipe the server files and redownload. I can put together a PR if there's interest.

[alexkokkinos]

@dvanderveer Your information was super helpful to me, I was able to delete all contents of the gamefiles directory to workaround this issue similar to you.

[dvanderveer]

@alexkokkinos Thanks, I'm glad it helped. I've opened #23 with a change in entrypoint.sh to automatically handle "state is 0x6" errors during update. A version of the container with that change is also available at ghcr.io/dvanderveer/abiotic-factor-linux-docker:latest, for anyone who wants to test the fix.

[vanchaxy]

@dvanderveer It seems ghcr.io/dvanderveer/abiotic-factor-linux-docker:latest is a image package.

Failed to pull image "ghcr.io/dvanderveer/abiotic-factor-linux-docker:latest": 401 Unauthorized

Can you publish it, please?

[dvanderveer]

@vanchaxy I've made the package public, you should be able to access it now.