"Abnormally Disconnected" from game when TimerBackground.png fails to download

I have been repeatedly getting disconnected during normal gameplay. Every single time this happens, the logs report that the url hosting TimerBackground.png has returned a 404. Since this has happened literally every time I have been kicked back to the login screen, it seems to be related. Log excerpt below:


2023/08/25 12:41:03 50720546 aecea33a [INFO Client 13516] Abnormal disconnect: An unexpected disconnection occurred.
2023/08/25 12:41:04 50721015 9df336d0 [WARN Client 13516] Failed to parse Countdown, exception: 'Failed to successfully download "https://web.poecdn.com/protected/image/ancestors/timer/TimerBackground.png?key=Gub7FbH_rcC8gem8OgzaNg". Http code=0. Result=Failed to download. Error code: 22 mcode: 0'
2023/08/25 12:41:06 50723031 890d9d5d [INFO Client 13516] Async connecting to wdc01.login.pathofexile.com:20481

yes! me too!

EDIT: This doesn't work


purely anecdotal, but it seems to be stable for me now.

so in the folder

"

[...]\Documents\My games\Path of Exile\Countdown

there are a bunch of background images for League Countown, and they all match the URL that seems to fail against poecdn, but for other leagues. I think this is a cache directory.

I copied one of the images and renamed to

"

protected_image_ancestors_timer_TimerBackground.png

and it seems to be stable.

give it a try!

EDIT: This doesn't work

I am getting this now. Just started today, I was playing last night. Game launcher doesnt even show up and that error is what I see in the logs.

i crashed 100 times today cause of that bug, not sure what is that, check url not found on nginx reply