Friendly reminder that information that we provide here is meant to help devs fix the issue, not just bark about the issue not being fixed. If they can’t reliably replicate the problem, they’re not going to have a way to fix that problem. If you want to update this thread that the problem is (obviously) persisting, you should also include a replay code and possible replication theories or other observations that seem different than matches where a backfiller is found.
This is worth echoing. When I’ve recognized this bug, it’s typically earlier in the match.
That was a different issue, as this is broadly impacting more users. What you experienced 8 months ago was likely more of an edge case. Plus, your activity doesn’t show you mention anything about a case like this.
It’s interesting that this issue sprung up as they increased the leaver penalties for Season 8. I don’t leave games, so the penalty has felt validating, but this bug is so egregious, that it seems silly to lock players to these lopsided matches. At this point, if the enemy team has the missing player, I offer to help them with achievements. It’s no longer a match when the roster can’t fill.
I want to believe that this is some byproduct of attempting to fix the common issue of backfilling into a match with seconds to spare or just into a “Defeat” screen. I want to believe they just accidentally resolved the inverse of this issue (the first 90 seconds of a match instead of the last). The best outcome would be to both fix this backfill bug and add a new feature that you will no longer backfill into a match that is on the cusp of finishing.
Wishful thinking, though. After all, the devs have not confirmed this issue here, nor has the known issues thread been updated for 2 weeks now. I think the Lunar New Year patch should be starting on the 9th or 16th, so we should hopefully see some acknowledgement around that time, or at least an update to the known issues.