Sober not opening after recent update

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• I agree that I just mindlessly checked every box without actually reading anything.

What problem did you encounter?

After the new sober update to fix experiences not opening, it's a rare occurrence that sober actually opens.

using sober on arch linux

Video_2026-05-08_22-41-08.mp4

log:

info: app: lifecycle: logging_started delta=177.37902100011706ms
info: app: app tag: s0101-2292-x86_64-gnu
info: app: cpu model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100 CPU @ 3.90GHz
info: app: os release: GNOME
info: app: host os release: Arch Linux
info: app: desktop: KDE (on wayland)
info: app: lifecycle: update_flags_from_remote_manifest delta=0.06868499889969826ms
info: state: using manifest object: {"app_settings":{"FFlagRenderUseTextureManager224":false},"patch_libnvidiaglcore_overzealous_vram_caching":true,"r1":1,"u":1,"use_new_text_renderer":false}
info: window: using C.UTF-8 locale
info: app: lifecycle: runtime_handler delta=223.56456200033426ms
info: app: lifecycle: fs_init delta=1.1006049998104572ms
FATAL: Crash: Failed to parse config JSON file. Check if there are any misplaced commas or other formatting errors.
FATAL: Crash: Previous error is fatal, trying to show GUI error dialog...
info: UIServicesConduit: will execute ui service binary
FATAL: Crash: Aborting...

Roblox Experience link

No response

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another video to kind of pinpoint when the crash happens
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7a83d802-217f-446d-873d-b031b53dbc1c

[CrimsonHatesWork]

This issue is happening to me as well.

[ziiiiiink]

happens when using flatpak run as well

tried reinstalling using flatpak install and the same thing happens

[ziiiiiink]

Fixed by painstakingly reinstalling sober multiple times. Keeping this open in case it happens again.

[Catbye]

i fixed this by genuinely just reinstalling the game several times until it opens. very annoying

[kaka728koko]

I tried many commands even reinstalling the sober 12 times and running it 12 times still the same error
sober: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by sober)
/proc/self/exe: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /proc/self/exe)

[V3L0C1T13S]

Fixed by the latest update (s102)

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it's started happening once again.

[MigueleSantiago]

You can try: flatpak update

And later: flatpak run org.vinegarhq.Sober