Game breaking BUG healer unable to heal tanks M+

I ran into an annoying bug with Mythic+ keys. At random moments, my teammates become hostile (marked as “orange”), which prevents the healer from healing me. Relogging or reloading the UI didn’t fix it. It just happens unpredictably — sometimes it goes away on its own, then comes back again later.

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I become unfriendly with other party members and they see my nameplate in red. Whenever this happens I cannot receive any heals from healer or benefit from any other spells like Bloodlust from other party members. We tried going in and out which fixed the bug but then after 2 pulls it happened again. 3 keys in a row i get this bug and we have to vote to stop the key. I was waiting for the weekend to relax have some fun running keys and this crap happens.. Whenever u pay for a game and monthly sub you expect the game to work properly. Screw you blizzard .

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Happened to me aswell a few times today, for some reason my mining/herbalism/fishing/cooking gear pops out too, don’t know if it’s related. Also prevent you from battle rezzing people when it happens in addition to not get healed/dispelled.

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I’m having the same issue, but with blacksmithing and mining equipment. I removed that gear from my profession slots, and it seemed to fix the problem for one evening.

However, today it happened again, even though I didn’t equip it back. So it’s probably not actually caused by that, or the gear bug and the group-related issue might share the same root cause.

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Was doing a M+ and very often but not all the time I was not able to heal or target the tank.

Both playing alliance but it was like player was hostal from time and time. Dropped earthshield as well, could reapply most of the times.

Never had this happen before today.

Happened to anyone else?

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Just had this happen i became hostile to all my team, they couldnt heal me… big issue as i was the tank

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happened to me also became hostile and healer could not target me. also removed me from defensive stance

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About thats. We discovered - its because of prey quests. Abandond this quest and all bacame good/

ps nope still same prob

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We just had the same issue, and we figured out it was prey quest causing this.

upd: it worked for a few minutes

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This is actually the funny part, because it’s not just my Defensive Stance getting removed — a whole bunch of different buffs go with it, both mine and my teammates’. Because of that, in the middle of a tough M+ pull, I suddenly just start dying out of nowhere.

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Healers report being unable to cast healing spells on the tank, receiving messages that the target is “unfriendly” or hostile, often after a boss encounter or phase transition.

Primarily occurring in Mythic+ (M+) and specific dungeons, including Windrunner Spire and Maisara Caverns, where Voidbound Emissaries could trigger issues.

Been getting this a lot from Maisara Caverns at the last boss after going the shadow realm, this bug put on Profession kit and reset Warrior Stance. The work around are not working.

This this making unplayable!

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I’ve seen some reports but personally not yet seen it happen. Please report it as a bug ingame through the affected characters so all relevant logs can be tagged as well, thank you.

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same thing just happened in my m+ dungeon - pala was horde - became unfriendly, none of the party could heal him in SoT

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The Bug: Tank Un-healable
Symptoms: Healers report being unable to cast healing spells on the tank, receiving messages that the target is “unfriendly” or hostile, often after a boss encounter or phase transition.
Affected Content: Primarily occurring in Mythic+ (M+) and specific dungeons, including Windrunner Spire and Maisara Caverns, where Voidbound Emissaries could trigger issues.
Cause: It appears related to a bug where the tank is flagged as the opposite faction or by an issue with how the game handles profession gear/buffs being toggled during the key.

Potential Fixes and Workarounds
If you encounter this bug, try the following solutions reported by players:
Relogging: The most common fix for healers unable to heal teammates is to fully log out and back in.
Unequip/Re-equip Gear: One reported solution is to remove all gear before entering the dungeon and re-equip it before the key is inserted, which may prevent the bug from triggering.
Die and Resurrect: Having the tank die (e.g., jumping off a ledge) and being resurrected can sometimes reset their state.
Check Profession Gear Settings: Ensure that “hide profession gear” is not toggled off in your interface options, as it may be incorrectly applying crafting gear in combat.
Hearth Out: If the above fails, leaving the group, hearting out, and being invited back may be required to reset the player state.
Been getting this a lot from Maisara Caverns at the last boss after going the shadow realm, this bug put on Profession kit and reset Warrior Stance. Had to wait for reset everyday, the work around are not working.

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Very good info, please also add it through the ingame bug reporter!

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I can confirm the bug. My main is a healer and I couldn’t heal the tank in m+ Maisara Caverns just moment ago. I could target him but his portrait looked like hostile npc.

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Description:
While playing Protection Warrior in Mythic+ dungeons, I am experiencing a recurring issue where I suddenly lose all party buffs and cannot be healed by my healer.

Observed behavior:

  • Party buffs like Battle Shout, Power Word: Fortitude, Arcane Intellect disappear mid-dungeon

  • My healer is sometimes unable to heal or target me properly

  • Self-buffs such as Defensive Stance also drop unexpectedly

  • Issue happens across multiple Mythic+ dungeons, not tied to a specific instance

  • Appears to happen randomly (sometimes after pulls or during combat)

Impact:

  • Makes the run unplayable as tank (no incoming healing)

  • Requires relogging or leaving/re-entering the dungeon to temporarily fix

Expected behavior:

  • Tank should remain a valid friendly target at all times

  • Party buffs should not be removed randomly

  • Healers should always be able to heal the tank

Additional notes:

  • Happens with and without addons (tested)

  • /reload does not fix the issue, only full relog sometimes helps

  • Seems similar to a “friendly/hostile state” desync

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i also can confirm the bug. my warrior is not able to get healed and i lose sometimes random my buffs

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Description:
While playing Protection Warrior in Mythic+ dungeons, I am experiencing a recurring issue where I suddenly lose all party buffs and cannot be healed by my healer.

Observed behavior:

  • Party buffs like Battle Shout, Power Word: Fortitude, Arcane Intellect disappear mid-dungeon

  • My healer is sometimes unable to heal or target me properly

  • Self-buffs such as Defensive Stance also drop unexpectedly

  • Issue happens across multiple Mythic+ dungeons, not tied to a specific instance

  • Appears to happen randomly (sometimes after pulls or during combat)

Impact:

  • Makes the run unplayable as tank (no incoming healing)

  • Requires relogging or leaving/re-entering the dungeon to temporarily fix

Expected behavior:

  • Tank should remain a valid friendly target at all times

  • Party buffs should not be removed randomly

  • Healers should always be able to heal the tank

Additional notes:

  • Happens with and without addons (tested)

  • /reload does not fix the issue, only full relog sometimes helps

  • Seems similar to a “friendly/hostile state” desync

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This bug has been around for 4 days already. The entire US forum is full of threads about it. This issue affects tanks of all classes. Blizzard Entertainment still haven’t given any feedback on it…
I haven’t been able to play my main character for several days now because of this bug… My game time is just going to waste.

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