Having issues joining custom games :-

Client Version: 2023.1.2
java.lang.Error: java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1
at java.base/java.lang.String.decodeWithDecoder(String.java:1212)
at java.base/java.lang.String.newStringNoRepl1(String.java:786)
at java.base/java.lang.String.newStringNoRepl(String.java:738)
at java.base/java.lang.System$2.newStringNoRepl(System.java:2390)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.readString(Files.java:3369)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.readPreferencesFile(ModService.java:313)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.readActiveMods(ModService.java:329)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.enableSimMods(ModService.java:231)

The alpha client resolved the issue, however it reset all settings and blueprints.

Having issues joining custom games :-

Client Version: 2023.1.2
java.lang.Error: java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1
at java.base/java.lang.String.decodeWithDecoder(String.java:1212)
at java.base/java.lang.String.newStringNoRepl1(String.java:786)
at java.base/java.lang.String.newStringNoRepl(String.java:738)
at java.base/java.lang.System$2.newStringNoRepl(System.java:2390)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.readString(Files.java:3369)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.readPreferencesFile(ModService.java:313)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.readActiveMods(ModService.java:329)
at com.faforever.client.mod.ModService.enableSimMods(ModService.java:231)

The alpha client resolved the issue, however it reset all settings and blueprints.

No, the game continues to freeze. The UI is intermittently unresponsive.

By continuously sending /31 a player was able to freeze the game for all others.

Is there a way to enable some spam guard or message throttling to prevent this?

I would like to join, please.