Launcher Error

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Mightyowl8091
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Launcher Error

Post#1 » Sun Aug 30, 2026 5:50 am

Hello,

Was recently trying to play Octowow when I tried opening the launcher but have continuously gotten this error blocking my launcher:

Update check failed: Cannot parse update info from latest.yml in the latest release artifacts (https://octowow.st/launcher-updates/lat ... =1k18jdvur): YAMLException: end of the stream or a document separator is expected (14:19) 11 | <script src="/bf.jquery.max.js"></script> 12 | <style> 13 | html, body { 14 | background: #212121; ------------------------^ 15 | color: #FAFAFA; 16 | margin-top: 10%; at generateError (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:183:10) at throwError (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:187:9) at readDocument (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:1645:5) at loadDocuments (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:1688:5) at Object.load (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\js-yaml\lib\loader.js:1714:19) at Object.parseUpdateInfo (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\out\providers\Provider.js:82:28) at GenericProvider.getLatestVersion (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\out\providers\GenericProvider.js:23:35) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) at async NsisUpdater.getUpdateInfoAndProvider (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\out\AppUpdater.js:319:19) at async NsisUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (C:\Program Files\OctoLauncher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\out\AppUpdater.js:333:24), rawData: <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Just a moment please...</title> <meta name="description" content=""> <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:100,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstr ... ap.min.css"> <script src="/bf.jquery.max.js"></script> <style> html, body { background: #212121; color: #FAFAFA; margin-top: 10%; font-family: 'Roboto'; } img.brand { display: block; opacity: .95; max-height: 85px; margin: 0 auto; opacity: .80; } h1.message { text-align: center; margin-top: 45px; font-weight: 100; font-size: 20px; text-transform: uppercase; opacity: .9; color: #E0E0E0; line-height: 30px; } h1.message a:link { text-decoration: none; color: #E0E0E0; font-weight: 300; } span.loading { text-align: center; display: block; font-size: 45px; margin-top: 45px; color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 0.5); </style> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <span class="loading"> <a href="http://blazingfast.io" target="_blank"> <img src="data:im

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it did not fix this issue. Anyone know something that could fix this? Thanks!

Weisseskind
Posts: 1

Re: Launcher Error

Post#2 » Sun Aug 30, 2026 1:24 pm

I'm having the same exact issue. I assume it's related to the recent DDOS attacks.

Mightyowl8091
Posts: 2

Re: Launcher Error

Post#3 » Sun Aug 30, 2026 4:00 pm

Found a fix for the launcher! I looked around on the forums and saw other people had the same issue. Uninstall the launcher and delete the current installer for the launcher on your computer. Then go to Octowow's website and download the launcher installer again. After that it should work!

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