NVIDIA GeForce incident

Windows Users with Non-English Characters in Their Username May Experience Issues on GeForce NOW Client v2.0.85.133

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NVIDIA GeForce experienced a notice incident on May 27, 2026, lasting 5d 17h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 27, 2026, 01:23 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 01, 2026, 07:18 PM UTC
Duration
5d 17h
Detected by Pingoru
May 27, 2026, 01:23 AM UTC

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 27, 2026, 01:23 AM UTC

    Windows users whose username contains non-English characters may experience issues when using GeForce NOW client version v2.0.85.133, including inability to launch sessions or unexpected errors. As a temporary workaround, affected users can continue streaming via their browser.

  2. monitoring May 27, 2026, 06:52 PM UTC

    A new windows client has been released. Windows users whose username contains non-English characters will need to download and manually install the new client version v2.0.85.134 https://download.nvidia.com/gfnpc/GeForceNOW-release.exe.

  3. resolved Jun 01, 2026, 07:18 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.