Meta Horizon Link v207 freezes in DCS after 5–15 minutes on Quest 3S via USB
Hello,
I am experiencing a serious wired Quest Link freezing issue with Meta Horizon Link v207.
My setup:
- Meta Quest 3S
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- Wired USB Link
- Meta Horizon Link PC version: 207.0.0.133.434
- Game: DCS World
- OpenXR
The issue:
Meta Link connects normally and DCS initially works correctly.
After I join a multiplayer server and the aircraft finishes loading, the image inside the Quest 3S freezes completely after approximately 5–15 minutes.
The frozen image does not recover. I have to disconnect/reconnect Link and enter VR again.
I have already tested:
- Video Codec: Default
- H.264
- H.265
- Encode bitrate: 300 Mbps
- Encode bitrate: 450 Mbps
- Restarting Oculus/OVR services
- Restarting the PC and headset
H.265 is also unusable on my system because it causes severe stuttering even before launching DCS.
None of these changes fixed the freezing problem.
Important diagnostic information:
I tested the same Quest 3S, the same PC, the same USB cable and the same DCS installation using SteamVR + ALVR over USB, completely bypassing Meta Horizon Link.
DCS works through ALVR/SteamVR without the same Meta Link freeze.
This strongly suggests that the problem is in the current Meta Horizon Link / OVR runtime path rather than DCS, the USB cable or the headset hardware.
The problem started recently. Meta Link was working normally for me before.
Other users are reporting very similar freezing problems with v207.
Please investigate this regression and provide either:
1. A fix for Meta Horizon Link v207, or
2. An official way to roll back to v205 until the issue is fixed.
I can provide logs or additional diagnostic information if required.
Thank you.