Lag, crashes and scheduled restarts

A Palworld server that lags more and more over the hours, or that crashes after a long session, is a known behavior of the game itself — not an infrastructure problem. This page explains the cause and the recommended fix.

Palworld's memory leak

The Palworld dedicated server suffers from a documented memory leak: its RAM usage grows steadily with uptime and player count. After several hours:

• The server becomes slower and slower (lag, latency, rubber-banding)
• It may eventually crash or be killed for lack of memory
• Performance returns to normal after a restart

It's not your plan or our nodes

This memory leak is a game-side problem, present on every host and even in self-hosting. Upgrading your plan pushes the deadline back but doesn't fix the cause: the server will always degrade eventually without a restart. The real solution is a regular automatic restart.

The fix: a daily automatic restart

Restarting the server once a day (e.g. at night, during low traffic) clears the memory and resets performance. This is the recommended practice for any Palworld server.

The Game Panel includes a scheduler (Schedules) to automate this:

1. Log in to your Game Panel:
   • game.yorkhost.fr
2. Select your Palworld server
3. Go to Schedules → Create Schedule
4. Configure a daily restart, for example at 5:00 AM:
   • Minute: 0
   • Hour: 5
   • Day of Month: *
   • Month: *
   • Day of Week: *
5. Add a task: New Task → Action Send power action → Payload restart
6. Save

Detailed guide

The full scheduler configuration procedure is described in Configure automatic restart. Pick an off-peak time (night) so you don't disturb players.

For a very busy server, two restarts a day (e.g. 5 AM and 5 PM) may make sense.

Is it a game or infrastructure problem?

Before opening a ticket, a few pointers to tell a game-side issue from an infrastructure-side one:

Symptom	Likely origin
Lag that worsens over several hours, gone after a restart	Game (memory leak) — automatic restart
Crash after a long session	Game (memory exhausted)
Identical lag right from startup, continuously	To investigate (mods, plan, network)
Server unreachable, panel inaccessible	Infrastructure — open a ticket

Mods can add load too

Heavy .pak or UE4SS mods worsen memory usage. If the problem appeared after adding a mod, disable it to check — see Install PAK mods.

When to contact support

If, despite a daily automatic restart, the server stays unstable within the first few minutes, or if the panel is inaccessible, it may be an infrastructure problem. In that case open a ticket from your client area, specifying:

• The time of the incidents
• Whether an automatic restart is configured
• Any installed mods