I am seeing the following type messages when no one is connected.
Created client session 'big hex number'.
Is this anything to be concerned about?
#Linux Server messages
vapid hollow
strong sedge
Not concerning, that’s a confirmation that a user has connected to your server
Including yourself connecting to your own server
vapid hollow
Including yourself connecting to your own server
That is the problem, there shouldn't be anyone connected. There is no user login, it is just a bunch of client sessions. I will do some testing to see when these get created. (just starting the server, or does the world have to be started, etc.)
strong sedge
hmm... okay, let me investigate further.
vapid hollow
Initial test. I don't think this is an ember thing but a foundry thing because I am not even starting a world.
started server, did nothing else. My ports are still being forwarded from my router. I will run again and disable the port forwarding.
FoundryVTT | 2026-04-16 10:17:05 | [info] Software license verification succeeded
FoundryVTT | 2026-04-16 10:17:05 | [info] Requesting UPnP port forwarding to destination port 30000
FoundryVTT | 2026-04-16 10:17:08 | [info] Server started and listening on port 30000
(node:3765577) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 _device listeners added to [Ssdp]. MaxListeners is 10. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
(node:3765577) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 error listeners added to [Ssdp]. MaxListeners is 10. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
FoundryVTT | 2026-04-16 19:25:37 | [info] Created client session c24eb64b096d2e69cc98532f
FoundryVTT | 2026-04-16 23:05:28 | [info] Created client session cc6d169dd9541f32482732fc
FoundryVTT | 2026-04-16 23:05:28 | [info] Created client session 7bbc8e8276b837ed516029c4
FoundryVTT | 2026-04-17 06:01:11 | [info] Created client session 29a880ba7966f37e3c15efe1
FoundryVTT | 2026-04-17 06:01:12 | [info] Created client session 8f5568859cdbf13aaa4133bd
vapid hollow
I figured out what was going on. With port forwarding turned off I did not see any client connections until I accessed the server myself using duckduckgo which created 2 connections. I then opened firefox and started getting multiple connections without actually accessing the server. It turns out that firefox has 'shortcuts' and these are continually being checked to make sure they are valid (at least that is my guess as to why it is doing it). Turning these off stopped the massive amount of client connections. I would like to suggest that the client connection message have the IP of the connecting client if that is possible. Thank you for your time.
strong sedge
I figured out what was going on. With port forwarding turned off I did not see ...
Interesting, thanks for reporting this!