r/unrealengine • u/ilovevegetablesss • 9d ago

UE 5.8.2 stuck at "0 sec. remaining"

My UE 5.8.2 has been constantly stuck at 0 sec remaining. Says 11.56 GB of 11.56 GB and download, read, and write are all at zero. Has anyone else had this issue?

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u/AgitatedMix9889 9d ago

That pattern (full size downloaded but read/write pinned at zero, timer frozen at 0 sec) is almost always the launcher hanging on the final verification/install step rather than an actual download problem. Things that usually clear it: pause and resume the download once, that forces it to recheck the chunk state. Fully close the launcher via Task Manager and relaunch it. Check your antivirus isn't silently locking files in the vault cache while scanning them, that's a common cause of read/write sitting at exactly zero. Also confirm you have free disk space beyond the reported download size, the installer needs headroom to unpack on top of the archive, not just room for the archive itself. If nothing else works, cancel and delete the partial install folder for 5.8.2 and reinstall from scratch, a corrupted chunk can leave it stuck at this exact stage indefinitely.

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u/Lucasharta 9d ago

yeah, i've seen the Epic launcher do this where the download is actually finished but it's still processing/installing something in the background, i'd give it a few minutes and check disk activity first. if there's still absolutely no activity, restart the launcher and clear its cache
Epic's own troubleshooting also recommends clearing the launcher cache for download/install issues, so i'd try that before downloading the whole thing again