u/PurifiedUnity

Remote Raids on iOS 26 reliably crash the moment the Raid Boss is defeated, even if both your iPhone & the game have been restarted right before the Raid. Downloading all assets doesn't help either. This has been happening since the Sobble CD on the app version 0.417.2

~80% of Raids (both remote & in-person) I've joined since Sobble CD have crashed right after the boss was defeated, although people are reporting rates of 60-100%. I've even lost a 2185 CP Ray from a crash

33/42 of my Raids since Sobble CD have crashed. Raids with fewer players are less likely to crash

These Raid-specific crashes usually affect iPhones from iPhone 7 to iPhone 16 Pro Max (not sure about 17e/17 Pro, although the iPhone 17 has been reported to be relatively crash-free) & are not to be confused with the non-Raid-specific crashes on the 2^(nd) iPhone SE

For now, it's best not to join Remote Raids on iOS 26 to avoid wasting your passes, unless your iPhone almost never crashes (such as from being new)

Previously, the game would crash uncommonly either before or after a Raid started, but it would never crash if the game had just been restarted, suggesting that the old crash bug was an iOS-specific memory/cache issue. Now, the game consistently crashes the moment a Raid boss is defeated, suggesting that this is a new bug (This new bug might be related to Fusion Raid Shiny encounters now being visible the moment the Raid Boss is defeated, although I still need evidence for this link)

Edit: iPhone 17, 17 Pro Max & Air are reported to be crash-free, but there are now reports of crash bugs on Android & iOS 18

Edit 2: This helps you get your encounter back:

If your friend invited you & you crash, an orange invite with a 0s timer should appear at the top of the Nearby Raids tab once you re-open the game & the map re-loads

If you've joined your friend from your Friends List, click their gold highlight:

>When I have crashed today and last night, I have been able to scroll my friend list and click their highlighted picture and get the encounter

Their highlighted picture/gold highlight should look like this:

https://preview.redd.it/tjicz3dx3vbh1.jpg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee5cb7c83f5b0ba1032d5a42d493aee988725763

If you're in-person, there's a way to get your encounter back if your game crashes upon defeating the Raid Boss, which is clicking on the Gym you fought it at

It reportedly works even after the Raid has despawned (needs further testing), because the Gym will display the same Raid ending in 10 seconds once the map reloads after re-opening the app, even though the actual Raid has already despawned (this has worked twice for me)