OctaneServer Prime Crashing Randomly

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DarkCat736
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Joined: Thu Jul 11, 2024 1:18 am

Hello!
I am using Octane Render Prime with Blender and I created a scene and then tried to render it, however after rendering a random amount of frames (usually 2-10) the render view has an error message reading "Error in render server" and the OctaneServer crashes. If I restart the server and have the render pick up from where it left off, it will continue rendering for a couple frames before crashing again. The system resources don't go above 50% and I couldn't find any logs so I'm not sure what is wrong. Does anybody know what might be happening? Thank you!

- Kiran
Inferno3221
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Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2026 6:52 pm

Have the same issue. Rendered one whole 250 frame animation today. After trying to render another one, the server keeps crashing after 4-16 frames. Restarting neither the server nor pc solves the issue. Didn't do anything specific to the file between rendering the animations. Definitely seems like a bug
pajamaszap
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Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:17 am

DarkCat736 wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 10:14 pm Hello!
I am using Octane Render Prime with Blender and I created a scene and then tried to render it, however after rendering a random amount of frames (usually 2-10) the render view has an error message reading "Error in render server" and the OctaneServer crashes. If I restart the server and have the render pick up from where it left off, it will continue rendering for a couple frames before crashing again. The system resources don't go above 50% and I couldn't find any logs so I'm not sure what is wrong. Does anybody know what might be happening? Thank you!

- Kiran
Hi Kiran, you’re not alone — this looks like a known instability with Octane Render Prime in Blender. Many users report random server crashes between frames, likely a Prime or driver-related bug rather than a scene or hardware issue. Restarting usually doesn’t fix it, so updating Octane, GPU drivers, or switching render modes may help.
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