"Authentication Failed" error clears saved menu settings

Rarely, when I try to launch Roblox through the website, I’ll sometimes get this error:

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The error itself isn’t a big deal; I can just try joining the place again and it should successfully launch the client.

However, whenever this error appears, then the next time I launch Roblox all of my saved settings in the in-game Roblox menu will be reset to their default values, and I’ll have to manually redo all of them.

I don’t know if there’s some technical reason behind my settings being cleared, or if it’s some weird bug, but it can be pretty annoying, which is why I’m reporting this.


Repro

  1. Get a random “Authentication Failed” error upon starting the Roblox client. Note that the error itself is pretty rare. I don’t know if you can force it to appear.
  2. Close the error and try starting Roblox again.
  3. If Roblox launches successfully, open the in-game esc menu. All of your previously-saved settings will be reset to default values.


System Information

OS: Windows 10
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 16 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti


Expected behavior

The error shouldn’t clear my saved menu settings.

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