tl;dr: it is probably Deadlock, use a VPN to force a different the server/route.

@hello_there Does your computer support wifi6? What time of the day are you playing Deadlock?

As others mentioned, you need to isolate the problem. The usual suspects are:

• Computer to router - check the Wi-Fi strength,(@tal’s mtr, linssid, nmcli… there are many out there. Use something that would monitor for a while, since you said that the spikes happen every 10 seconds. If you are willing to move your computer, or get a longer cable to your antenna, or to buy wifi6 antenna with a long cable: you can get a phone app to do the strength test and check for better spots nearby.
• Router to “outside” - if you use all in one solution, just make sure it is working properly, either connect to it thought your browser. Or be lazy and do the power cycle, waiting 20 seconds before reconnecting the power cable (or whatever is your ISP guideline).
• Route to game servers - Try to play other online games, take note of the server location you are to experience the problem. As there are always some issues with the route, like a flood in a region, a truck that destroyed a cable, or just ISP incompetence.
• Route to the Deadlock servers - You can enable settings to show more details, or open the steam overlay. It will show you locations, and if it hopped in multiple servers. Take note of the servers the problem happen and the ones that do not.

The other suspects do not happen so often, but:

A faulty Wi-Fi device, but the 10 seconds interval is a bit weird for it. And you would see a bunch of errors in your logs. If you want to rule that out, get one of those wifi-usb dongle with a big USB extension, or one of those fancy ones from TP-Link or Netgear that comes with big cables and antennas.

If you think it might be a fedora update, you can rollback to test it. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/manual-rollbacks/

I am inclined to think it is Deadlock because I played it for a while, and from my list, it was the only thing inconsistent and extremely erratic. From one day to another, it would go from small spikes, to something that looked like randomizing my ping between 45 and 350 every couple of seconds. One of those days it was connecting me to Amsterdam servers, with a hop in Buenos Aires first. And sometimes it would change depending on the time of the day. The game is not released yet, and their servers are still experimental.

Sadly, there is no way to force a server at the time, not sure if they implemented that yet. And there were plenty of people complaining on their forums about those problems. There, you might find a case similar to yours with a different solution, but what worked for me sometimes was to use a VPN and chose a location in the same city as the server closest to me. When that failed, I would try a different city for the VPN.

What makes it even sadder is that outlets usually get press releases and press kits, or are part of newsletters and other communication materials.

If they are that lazy, they could just publish those verbatim with the images provided (given they are not AI junk too).

It is nice to read that.

When I read a publication is because I want to read someone’s perspective, not to get an LLM cold (and often shitty) summary, or most often, vomit of words.

I was quite successful with Yocto Project for the SoCs I use.

I wonder if they will need to bribe USA, so the aid can arrive.

It seems like USA just wants to bomb things without the fear of retaliation.

But it is most likely another US scam. It is sus every time they start with:

• psst kid, here is what they don’t want you to know…
• you should be afraid of …, they are here to hurt you
• it is for the kids

The first question to ask is “Will the Golden Dome prevent US from bombing Canada?”, then it is protection money.

This saddens me much.

Growing up, I witness family members denying life-saving care on religious grounds, while on the same branch of the family another person died because they could not afford the exams and treatment (we only learned after the death).

I wish we could keep ignorance away from public funded institutions (and private too) and provide people with the care they need with love and respect.

Dude “wrote” a book on negotiations, but only knows how to play one tune.

And USA congress keeps trying to vote to end those tariffs on Canada.

If Carney’s team is smart, by the time USA move on, we would have stronger ties with the rest of the world and business with USA would be optional.

It will be really hard to be friends again when at least 70 millions USA citizens voted for this in 3 different occasions. And only a few did a thing to prevent it.

Going back to USA would be like a spouse who keeps going back to an abusive partner.

I hope we improve our friendship with the rest of the world for some peace of mind.

That $2B USD from the digital service taxes would not be so bad now.

Also, guess who will pay less taxes, and who will foot the bill?

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/11/government-of-canada-releases-budget-2025-canada-strong.html
A bit better diluted: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/budget-highlights-9.6966595

(detailed): https://budget.canada.ca/2025/report-rapport/pdf/budget-2025.pdf

The author surely likes that the mascot is a dog. It feels more of a read and analysis of the terms of use than a deep dive of the tool but it was a good reading and I liked the suggestions.

I also liked the “reminder”.

Edit: you should share this in some community as a post, every time I see this kind of website (pure content no-nonsense) it is shared is in the comments. 15 years ago this kind of stuff was easy to find, but nowadays, I only see them in comment sections. Even the search engine recommended around here would list a bunch of junk in the first pages.