Roblox shutdowns are horribly messed up

[Rhodizites (Connect Me)]

I keep updating my game, B.A.I.R.E, and every single time, when i shutdown, boom. I can no longer enter after I get kicked.
Also, Whenever I join the game within around 10 seconds after the shutdown, I get an error saying i have the wrong version of roblox.

Expected behavior

I want the game to shutdown, as usual, but not error in studio then kick me for good.
I also expect to join and find my usual 20 players.

[Gold_Man55 (Gold)]

Are you using

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(apologies if this looks bad in any way)

[Rhodizites (Connect Me)]

The big one, option 1, yes yes, that one

[Gold_Man55 (Gold)]

Try using the Restart servers for updates button and tell me if that changes anything

[Rhodizites (Connect Me)]

^ Cannot find it?..

[Gold_Man55 (Gold)]

It should be in the Creator Hub, in the three dots on the experience when you hover over it

[thirdtakeonit]

Thanks for the report! We’ll follow up when we have an update for you.

[CorLeoro]

Hi @Rhodizites! Thanks for your message, and apologies for the super late reply. I hear you on the Roblox shutdown pain. Since last year when you made this post, we actually made a bunch of improvements to the way devs do shutdowns and experience updates. Have you seen this post?

Introducing Server Management

Hi Creators! Today, we’re excited to launch Server Management, a new page in Creator Hub with improved tooling for restarting servers. Restarting servers is primarily used for rolling out updates in your experiences to all players. With Server Management, you’ll have greater clarity and insight into the process. Let’s dive in! Landing on the Server Management Page Server Management displays real-time stats about servers and players in each of your Places for an experience. To reduce clutter, …

To address some of your pain points directly:

I can no longer enter after I get kicked.

Servers that are enqueued for shut down are marked as “bleedoff”. This means that players will no longer be able to be matchmade to those servers (however you can still follow a friend into them).

Whenever I join the game within around 10 seconds after the shutdown, I get an error saying i have the wrong version of roblox.

This behavior should have been patched by some of our improvements over the past year.

I also expect to join and find my usual 20 players.

When a server is enqueued for shut down, the players in that server are reserved into a replacement one. When that replacement server is ready (sometimes it can take a moment to start up), players will be automatically teleported to that new server.

Hope this clears up some of the confusion surrounding game updates. Please take a look at that DevForum post I linked above and feel free to ask more questions!