CONTROL Resonant Evacuation Protocols Barrier Bug Fix
The Hiss barrier stays up after the fight and the way forward never opens. This one is officially confirmed, and the official workaround is short.
Quick Answer
In Evacuation Protocols, the Hiss barrier sometimes does not disappear after the 12th floor fight, leaving you unable to continue. This is a bug the developer has confirmed, and the official workaround is to reload the last checkpoint.
It is a known issue rather than something you did wrong, and there is no sequence of actions in the room that fixes it — reloading is the documented answer.
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The Problem
During Evacuation Protocols, you fight on the 12th floor and the Hiss barrier is supposed to clear once the fight ends, opening the way onward. In some cases it does not: the combat is over, nothing is left to fight, and the barrier is still there.
Remedy's own known-issues list says it in these words: “In rare instances, Hiss barriers do not disappear after the combat encounter on the 12th floor.” If it has happened to you, the run is not lost — the checkpoint is still good.
Official Workaround
Officially stated workaround
Reload the last checkpoint. That is Remedy’s own wording, from the official known-issues list — this is not a community guess.
Note that the fix is a reload, not a retry in place. Standing in the room and waiting, exploring for something you missed, or re-fighting enemies that are no longer there will not clear the barrier, because the barrier not clearing is the bug.
What to Do, Step by Step
- Confirm the fight is actually over. Check that no enemies remain and that nothing is still spawning before you reload, so you do not reload a checkpoint you do not need to.
- Reload the last checkpoint using the game's own reload option — the same one you would use after a death. This is the official instruction.
- Replay the encounter. The barrier clearing is the intended behaviour, so the reload is a second attempt at the same sequence rather than a way around it.
- If the barrier fails to clear again, reload once more rather than trying to work around it. The known issue is about the barrier failing to clear, and the documented response stays the same each time.
Why there is no menu path here
The official wording is "reload the last checkpoint". We have not confirmed the exact wording of that option in the current build, so this page describes it rather than printing a menu path we could not check. A wrong menu path is worse than no menu path.
Current Status
Confirmed bug, with an official workaround. Remedy has acknowledged it and published the reload instruction. The same list opens by saying the issues on it are “planned to be addressed in the next game update”, so a fix is coming — just not yet. That means:
- The bug is real and recognised — you are not doing anything wrong.
- The workaround is official, not community-reported.
- A permanent fix is not out yet. The list says the issue is planned for the next game update, so until that lands the reload is the answer.
This page was last checked on September 25, 2026. If the developer changes the workaround or ships a fix, this page gets corrected rather than added to.