Authentication error

[Drifter]

Game worked fine until Connection error began to occur suddenly. Restarting, file validation didnt change outcome.

Screenshot of console error here: https://imgur.com/a/5UUDuyp

[simon]

Please note that Northwood Studios Technical Support Team does not provide technical support of the game on the official Steam Forum.

You may read our official Northwood Tech Support Wiki for self-diagnosis.
https://scpsl.notion.site/Tech-Support-Public-Wiki-d28c7c67b5a0419981a953e8fe7c36c7

If you require further assistance from our Technical Support Team, please join our official Discord https://discord.gg/scpsl and go to #tech-support channel to open a support ticket.

Community members can post their solutions in your support thread. You may use those solutions at your own risk. If in doubt, please join our Discord through the abovementioned link to seek official technical support.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

[Itachi Uchiha]

The same happend to me

[Drifter]

Originally posted by Itachi Uchiha:

The same happend to me

When exactly? For me around 30 min ago

[HDRs]

They are being DDOSed rn they said in discord

[Drifter]

Originally posted by HDRs:

They are being DDOSed rn they said in discord

Maybe thats why. Time will tell

[simon]

We've determined it's likely Steam issues conflicting with our servers. It's being investigated.

[HDRs]

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[PuppiestTransgirl]

Servers Down???

I tried to play today, and no servers loaded and it said connection failed. Also, when doing my own private server, i cant give myself admin because it said Authentication Failed

[задоджил аборт]

I tried to play today but there is none in the list of servers. And at the top it says "Authentication error". What is this?

[simon]

Originally posted by Shorty~:

I tried to play today but there is none in the list of servers. And at the top it says "Authentication error". What is this?

Originally posted by simon:

We've determined it's likely Steam issues conflicting with our servers. It's being investigated.

[DrinoFF]

scp sl don't die PLEASE

[лукавый бес]

the problem has been solved but another one has appeared
authentication error (authenticate - response)

[zabszk]

Originally posted by HDRs:

They are being DDOSed rn they said in discord

We are not DDoSed. The SteamAPI is/was down.

You can check Steam on DownDetector (many players reported issues) and the Unofficial Steam Status reports that "There have been an increased amount of page views on this site in the past hour, this could indicate an issue with Steam".

The issue is related only to developer endpoints (the ones used by the developers and games). We either get empty responses from Steam or we can't even connect to Steam. It's not a DDoS attack.

There is a way to authenticate to SCP:SL using Discord instead of Steam (the game was distributed on Discord in the past as well, but Discord shut down their Games Store) and that way works fine.

[xyesos]

Help!

Authentication error (authenticate - response): [Auth
Error] Steam API in maintenance or down - 4A/39866277262994
I reinstall game, switch account, but it still going. Can it fix? P.S. I use ethernet port

[espaeceジ]

Is SCP SL Loading for anyone?

Right now, 17/8/2023 - the game is not loading and no-one can access any servers or it gives an error.