Technical Bug: Shop/Inventory Lockout via AFK "Instant Buy" Window - Ref: 394.083.158

Bug Report Reference Number: 394,083,152]
Video Evidence: https://imgur.com/a/vkWqPEB
Issue Description: I am reporting a technical vulnerability regarding the Faustus "Manage Shop" interface and trade window persistence that allows for passive or intentional griefing.
Technical Observations:
• Transaction Lock: A player remained AFK for approximately 8 hours with the "Instant Buy" window left open. This caused my "Manage Shop" option to become completely unresponsive.
• Inventory Inhibition: My items became inhibited (greyed out). I was unable to re-list or move items that were already in public tabs.
• Audio-Visual Harassment: The guest's character had multiple minions with disruptive audio and visual effects active, causing significant performance lag and distress in the instance.
Vulnerability: This reveals a flaw where a visitor can "freeze" a host's shop and inventory states by simply not closing a trade window while AFK.
Request: Please implement a technical safeguard, such as an automatic timeout for open trade windows or ensuring the Hideout owner's UI permissions always take priority over a guest's open window.
Best regards,
Last bumped on May 12, 2026, 10:53:30 AM
Unlikely that it has anything to do with that user. It is an already known bug that tradings becomes impossible after some time (afair the exact reason is not known yet). Just create a new hideout instance with Helena (switch to a new hideout and then back again) and you're good to go.
Thanks Lime Koala#0796, it's true that the problem of the trading being impossible does happen occasionally. In those cases, I would just exit the game, log back in, and it would be resolved. But not in this case. This user stayed in my HO for 8 hours, preventing trading and also causing a nuisance with very annoying noises and visuals effects (I reported them for that). I've had an special edition HO for many years, and I don't think I can recover it if I temporarily change it, not to mention all the work of reorganizing it as I had it.

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