Potions wearing off on logout?

[Caligula's Horshack]

If I log out (Say, my computer crashes, or my controller dies and I panic-log out mid fight so I don't die while being unable to move), any potions I had active seem to be rendered inactive. Food effects stay active, though.

Is this a deliberate design choice?

[Andros]

Probably not, but luckily for you the odds of a computer crashing/controller dying while a potion is active is extremely low,

Unless you found this out by panic logging which would make more sense and then it might be deliberate

[knighttemplar1960]

Food is not a buff. Meads and rested are buffs. If you log off all buffs are removed when you log back in. I believe that is intentional to prevent you logging out when your rested buff expires (at night in hostile territory) and you log into another world and rest in warmth and safety, get the buff, and go back. Losing buffs when you log off prevents this exploit.

The devs also changed (this expansion) how stamina regenerates after logging off. Its still possible to game it, it just takes longer now.

[Philthy]

yea. all buffs, positive and negative go away. speedrunners use this to get rid of poisoning, or to de-aggro enemies.

[Caligula's Horshack]

I found it out by my controller dying mid-Bonemass fight. My poison resist (which was my last one) wore off when I logged back on. Not fun.