Linux Bedrock server upgraded from 1.26.14.1 to 1.26.20.5 (Update 6-20-26, STILL affects 1.26.31.1!) is now requiring both the online-mode=false and allow-list=false parameters to be set in server.properties for users to be able to connect to the local LAN server (not accessible through the web). Both Windows and PS5 players are receiving the “Boat” connection error (https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/38555497091469-Named-Error-Code-Troubleshooting-for-Minecraft-Bedrock-Edition ) with no additional details for why they cannot connect when either option is set to true. Server console shows the correct xuid values for players present in allowlist.json when they connect having both parameters disabled.
Brand new instance of the Bedrock Dedicated Server extracted from the .zip file exhibits the same behavior.
Update 6-20-26:
A bit more information, if I stop the server and manually create the allowlist.json file with line breaks and start my server it works and players are able to connect. HOWEVER, once the server is shutdown and restarted, users can no longer connect until the allowlist.json file is rebuilt manually again.
Using the OP command “allowlist add UserTag” from the server console does not properly whitelist users.
Environment
Ubuntu Server 24.04.3 LTS
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This issue is STILL present on 1.26.31.1 and seems to have to deal with how the server is automatically formatting allowlist.json!
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I can confirm this bug; it is still present in bedrock-server-1.26.21.1.