Cannot join private servers via links

[SkrubDaNub (ComradeSkrub)]

Not me, but can confirm that this has happened to a user I know.

Unsure what work around is though… perhaps our lord and savior @kornelek09 could cook something up?

[lol738236 (refri)]

I’m also having the same issue, looks like it might be happening for everyone? Trying to join private server links that start with share?Code does redirect you to the login page and is happening to other people who are trying to join private servers. Unsure if ?privateServerLinkCode works as I can’t find one for testing

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

i was able to force roblox into redirecting me into privateServerLinkCode, will send a followup soon

[LottaPitchy (LottaPitchy_tsu)]

I’ve seen a lot of people say links work on mobile, but not desktop. Is that still the case or have they now fixed it so it’s broken fairly across the board?

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

mobile players have to use the same links, it’s the same page so from what I know it should also be broken for them

[LottaPitchy (LottaPitchy_tsu)]

Confirmed links have been working on mobile, seems to just be desktop affected.

One messy but useable workaround:

Anyone that usually posts private server links -

• Change your profile settings to allow “everyone” to join you.
• Go into an empty public server.
• Post your profile link for people to join you.

It’s not perfect, but it seems to be working.

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

something came up so a little delayed, but here you go, paste this script into Tampermonkey (an add-on) and everything will be done automatically, as always remember to check what you’re pasting

(updated to the recent fix)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         VIP
// @version      1
// @description  VIP server fix
// @match https://www.roblox.com/games/*
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    const url = window.location.href;

    if (url.includes("?privateServerLinkCode=")) {
        var content = document.getElementsByClassName("content")[0].textContent;
        content = content.slice(content.indexOf("xLaunch.Request")+55);
        content = content.substring(0,content.indexOf(")")).replace(", null","").replaceAll("\'","").split(", ");
        window.location = window.location.href.replace("?","#")+"&"+content[1]
    } else if (url.includes("&")) {
        var id = url.slice(url.indexOf("games/")+6);
        id = id.substring(0,id.indexOf("/"))
        const data = url.slice(url.indexOf("Code=")+5).split("&")
        Roblox.GameLauncher.joinPrivateGame(id,data[1],data[0]);
    }
})();

[SkrubDaNub (ComradeSkrub)]

You’re a hero. Thank you very much.

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

you’re welcome, no clue how Roblox still didn’t do anything about this except break it more

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

great news, looks like an awesome admin responded

Share links always prompt a login

Thanks for the report, we are aware of this issue and are investigating it.

if anyone is investigating, on the share link, isAuthenticatedAccount returns false and invite type is Server instead of ExperienceAffiliate (so it’s also false)

also please, don’t make the website run on sticks, don’t load all the scripts and assets on redirect URLs like the share link

[merlin_codes (merlin)]

Hi folks, thank you for the report. We believe this issue should now be fixed. Please let us know if you continue to see issues.

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

hi, thanks for the response, the reported issue was not fixed, only the one above your reply was

[4KHax (Hax)]

The ShareCode issue is now fixed (for me atleast, not sure about everyone), but the ?privateServerLinkCode= is still not fixed and causing problems.

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

updated this script to only fix privateServerLinks, it redirects to a link which is supported by the script and automatically joins the private server

[merlin_codes (merlin)]

@4KHax

the ?privateServerLinkCode= is still not fixed and causing problems.

Got it, thanks for the heads up - we’ll continue looking into it on our end.

Would anyone happen to have a privateServerLinkCode link handy where the issue is happening? I can’t seem to reproduce the issue when I try it out on my end - I tried out this link format for the game in the original post and it launches via browser as expected from my own account/a friend’s account/a non-friend’s account: https://www.roblox.com/games/13453354306/ROFA-Revised-Field?privateServerLinkCode={id}

Please feel free to DM me if you have a link where the issue occurs. We’ll continue to investigate otherwise. Thanks again for reporting this!

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

like I mentioned, it doesn’t happen to specific links, it happens to specific accounts due to A/B testing

Cannot join private servers via links

this appears to happen only on specific accounts, I’m guessing roblox is doing some sort of A/B testing, on the image the bottom part is a functional part of the page, and the top part is the new one with Google Analytics (RobloxLaunch._GoogleAnalyticsCallBack) that doesn’t work [image] if you want to join on an account for which vip links don’t work, open the vip link, inspect element or press f12, paste this script into the console (don’t paste if you don’t trust the script) var content = …

[SkrubDaNub (ComradeSkrub)]

That said, it has been fixed for me!

I’ll mark something as solved when it’s fixed for everyone

[13_5G (EpicPlayerPro_21)]

Yea this has been fixed for me aswell

[kornelek09 (KornPlays)]

good to hear, I still have the broken launching script even after clearing cache

[merlin_codes (merlin)]

That’s very useful, thanks for the screenshots - that’s definitely not expected. I’ll follow up with some folks internally today.