Hive Colony, Esh and Tul Invulnerable

Report Reference Number: 1,449,476,757

Tul and Esh are invulnerable in the Colony fight. Upon dying/resurrecting they remain in invulnerable state and do not progress the fight past 1st phase.

Reproduction Steps:
1. Get Hiveblood gland, activate in any t16 map.
2. Navigate to Colony -> get to bosses
3. Finish first phase Tul
4. Finish first phase of Esh.

After the transition, Esh gets stuck, and something breaks - Esh gets stuck on screen moving around/doing normal attacks but takes no damage.

Player info:
https://poe.ninja/builds/keepers/character/TheLastMetamorf-7646/MetamorfOfFlame?i=0&search=name%3Dmetamorf
Last bumped on Nov 16, 2025, 8:19:55 AM
same problem, but in t17 map(wanted to see if reward will be better)
bug: 130,896,396
additional report 896,077,142

Had it happen again. I think after Esh comes out of the initial stasis, if you burst down their HP before they finish their dialogue it soft locks them. Esh teleports a bit further away and begins their attack cycle but cannot be damaged at that point.

I think what happens is:
1. Tul gets damaged to trigger Esh phase.
2. Esh gets burst down to start Tul phase 2, but their 'phase' is not yet officially triggered.
3. Esh health bar gets locked because Tul 2nd phase is supposed to start
4. Esh first phase starts. Esh is invulnerable because game thinks its supposed to be Tul 2nd phase portion of the fight.

- the bosses are stuck since Esh is now invulnerable, and Tul is not tagged in -
Same problem t16 beach
Bug Report ID: #2,063,337,138

The creature that came out the cocoon, not the one with the shield, becomes invulnerable and I am unable to damage them.
Bug Report ID: #47,142,955
Same issue. Playing in a duo party, and during the first phase where Esh is fighting she will become invulnerable but not switch back to Tul. Seems to happen pretty frequently if your damage is very high and you instant-phase them.
I have the same issue. It is a dps issue 100% I am playing a Chains of Command Necro and they minions 1 hit them into the transition and they just become invuln. I've done it in 3 different breaches, once they bug out, leaving and coming back or dying and coming back doesn't fix it.
I'm having this issue too. Only started happening once I started instaphasing the bosses. Esh stays invulnerable and does regular attacks. Nothing seems to fix it.
still bugged.. looks like this is not priority and waste of time to even do.
Same issue t16.5 with Eagon map device

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