Starbound Crashes Instance On Stop

OS Name/Version: Alma Linux 10.2

Product Name/Version: v2.8.0.4, built 24/07/2026 17:13

Problem Description:

When stopping a starbound server, the “stopping” notification never goes away and the instance eventually stops entirely instead of entering idle. When stopping the process the following is logged in the console. After staying on this for a while, the entire instance stops instead of just the Starbound application within it.

[Info] Interrupt caught!
[Info] UniverseServer: Stopping UniverseServer
[Info] UniverseServer: Stopping TCP Server

[Info] Server shutdown gracefully
[Info] Root: Shutting down Root

Steps to reproduce:

  • Create a new Starbound instance
  • Authenticate with Steam
  • Allow it to fully install
  • Wait for the application to fully start
  • Attempt to stop the application
  • See the instance stop instead of going into idle

Actions taken to resolve so far:
I have tried disabling sleep as recommended by a couple of people, outside of that I am not sure what else to try.

Please advise, thank you.