Performance Degradation (FPS Drops/Stutters) Following Escrow System Update

[Whisperisgod]

What happened?

Following the recent Escrow system update, our FiveM server and many others (as reported by numerous community members) have experienced significant performance degradation. Prior to the update, the server maintained a stable 100 FPS in most scenarios. Post-update, FPS has dropped to around 70 on average, with frequent and noticeable FPS stutters and drops that were not present before.

Crucially, no changes were made to our server's resources, scripts, or configuration. The performance drop correlates directly with the client update that introduced the new Escrow system. This issue is affecting all players on our server and is a common topic of discussion in the community, indicating a widespread problem.

Expected result

The game should maintain its previous performance levels (stable 100 FPS, as in our case) after the update, with no introduced stutters or frame drops. The Escrow system update should not negatively impact client-side FPS.

Reproduction steps

Join any FiveM server (both our own and other public servers have been tested) that was running smoothly before the Escrow update.

Observe the FPS in various locations and situations (e.g., in the city, with other players, inside vehicles).

Note the lower average FPS compared to pre-update performance.

Experience intermittent FPS stutters and drops, especially during asset streaming or when the UI elements related to the new system might be loading.

Importancy

Slight inconvenience

Area(s)

FiveM

Specific version(s)

Artifacts b21547/Win Build 3095

Additional information

System Specs Example: The issue occurs on high-end systems (e.g., RTX 3070, Ryzen 7 5800X, 32GB RAM) where FPS was previously locked and stable, ruling out local hardware insufficiency as the cause.

Community Reports: Multiple server owners and players across different communities (Discord, forums) are reporting identical performance issues since the same update, suggesting a systemic problem rather than an isolated incident.

Hypothesis: We suspect the new Escrow system might be introducing inefficiencies in the streaming of interface elements, asset verification, or background processes that are now impacting the main render thread.

[bedoflex]

I’ve also noticed the same issue across most of the servers I develop, and the performance drop is very significant after the Escrow system update. We are currently waiting for a fix from the FiveM team, as there is nothing we can change on our side to mitigate the problem.

Just like @Whisperisgod mentioned, we have made zero changes to our server files, yet we are still experiencing FPS issues and overall performance loss. This strongly suggests that the problem originates from the recent Escrow update rather than server-side modifications.

We hope this issue can be addressed and resolved as soon as possible, as it is currently affecting the gameplay experience for all players.

[Gogsi]

How many Escrowed resources do your servers have? When you say you've "changed nothing" do you mean that you also haven't downloaded the re-encrypted versions of your resources?

[bedoflex]

How many Escrowed resources do your servers have? When you say you've "changed nothing" do you mean that you also haven't downloaded the re-encrypted versions of your resources?

We have quite a lot of Escrowed resources on our servers. When we install the re-encrypted versions, the number of crashes increases immediately, so at the moment we are forced to use the non–re-encrypted versions.

[Whisperisgod]

How many Escrowed resources do your servers have? When you say you've "changed nothing" do you mean that you also haven't downloaded the re-encrypted versions of your resources?

When we downloaded the new update, we observed that vehicles were falling underground or crashes were increasing. Because of this, we had to revert to the old version. I think the encryption might be too complex, causing a load on players' processors.

[Whisperisgod]

Other than that, you should upload an updated escrow stream about this. No one said that this would be healthier.

[Gogsi]

Since Cfx have said Escrow shouldn't impact average FPS, I am looking for other solutions and came upon this:

A Windows update came out 2 days before the Escrow fix and that update had a performance regression in many games for NVIDIA GPU users. Pasting the relevant info:

PC gamers using Windows 11 have experienced performance drops in several games in recent days. This is due to the Windows 11 update (KB5066835 [5561605]).

Fortunately, NVIDIA has just released a hotfix patch for its graphics driver. The version number is 581.94 and you can download it from https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5750

Users who are willing to wait will receive the patch in the next Game Ready driver update.

[yellowdev777]

Since Cfx have said Escrow shouldn't impact average FPS, I am looking for other solutions and came upon this:

A Windows update came out 2 days before the Escrow fix and that update had a performance regression in many games for NVIDIA GPU users. Pasting the relevant info:

PC gamers using Windows 11 have experienced performance drops in several games in recent days. This is due to the Windows 11 update (KB5066835 [5561605]).
Fortunately, NVIDIA has just released a hotfix patch for its graphics driver. The version number is 581.94 and you can download it from https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5750
Users who are willing to wait will receive the patch in the next Game Ready driver update.

It’s not only on Windows 11 — Windows 10 users are experiencing the same performance issues after the recent updates. Many people reported FPS drops on both systems, so it’s not exclusive to Win11.

[Gogsi]

It’s not only on Windows 11 — Windows 10 users are experiencing the same performance issues after the recent updates

Thanks for the info

When we downloaded the new update, we observed that vehicles were falling underground or crashes were increasing. Because of this, we had to revert to the old version.

Yes this issue initially existed for the new Escrow, but it was mostly resolved a few days after that. Feel free to test if it happens again.
Given that the issue is happening on servers with old Escrow, I doubt it is being caused by it. I'll look through the recent crash fixes, maybe something will come up there.

[Whisperisgod]

It’s not only on Windows 11 — Windows 10 users are experiencing the same performance issues after the recent updates

Thanks for the info

When we downloaded the new update, we observed that vehicles were falling underground or crashes were increasing. Because of this, we had to revert to the old version.

Yes this issue initially existed for the new Escrow, but it was mostly resolved a few days after that. Feel free to test if it happens again. Given that the issue is happening on servers with old Escrow, I doubt it is being caused by it. I'll look through the recent crash fixes, maybe something will come up there.

If other servers are experiencing this, they need to support this situation because we didn't have such FPS issues before the escrow system. Most likely, there is too much processing load during encryption while trying to solve it. I think the whole issue is related to streaming.

[Whisperisgod]

Tomorrow I will upload all the new escrowed clothing packages, vehicle packages, and maps. I will show all the details of the FPS difference.

[stretch97]

We were experiencing this on RedM too, this should be fixed on Canary (Latest) version, as they reverted what they did, at least this is what Radium said me about a month ago

[yellowdev777]

Tomorrow I will upload all the new escrowed clothing packages, vehicle packages, and maps. I will show all the details of the FPS difference.

Do you have any change with the FPS?