Why am I not allowed to join any sea of thieves sessions?

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There are a few reasons why you might be seeing the message "You are currently not allowed to join any sessions. Please check your account settings and try again" in Sea of Thieves.

Subscription Status: Ensure your Xbox Game Pass subscription is active and up to date. Sometimes, payment issues or subscription cancellations can prevent you from joining online multiplayer games. Check your Xbox subscription status to ensure it's active.

Account Settings: Check your Xbox account privacy settings to ensure that multiplayer functionality is enabled. Go to Settings > Privacy > Online Safety & Privacy > Xbox Privacy > Multiplayer and verify that "Allow others to join my multiplayer games" is set to "Allow."

Network Connectivity: Make sure your console has a stable and reliable internet connection. If your connection is unstable or slow, it could prevent you from joining multiplayer sessions. Try restarting your router and modem, or switching to a different network connection if available.

6. Game Updates: Ensure you have the latest updates for Sea of Thieves installed. Outdated game versions can sometimes cause compatibility issues with online multiplayer. Check for updates in the Microsoft Store or on your console.

Thank you very much for your patience and understanding! If you need anything else, do not hesitate to contact us again.

After uninstalling and reinstalling Sea of Thieves and the Xbox Game Bar many times, I am able to invite and accept invites on Sea of Thieves Insider through the Game Bar. I am able to send invites from the Game Bar for Sea of Thieves. However, when I receive an invite or try to join in on Sea of Thieves, I still have the same problem. Sea of Thieves and Sea of Thieves Insider are two different builds. There must be a file somewhere on my computer that is not being deleted or uninstalled and it's not allowing me to accept these invites on just Sea of Thieves. I don't know how to find this file.

That option is not there for Sea of Thieves when I launch it. I do see the option for other programs like Discord or Firefox, but when I open the game bar while focused on Sea of Thieves, I just see "Sea of Thieves" with no option to remember it is a game checked or unchecked.

You are correct that I am on the steam version of Sea of Thieves. Game bar does detect that I am playing this.

I invite or join games by using the gamebar's Xbox Social window, right click the person, select Join game.

I don't use the cloud for any other games other than sea of thieves, as far as I can tell it's only been with sea of thieves. I normally join them instead of inviting my friend.

Is it not allowing you to download any version of Sea of Thieves at all? While they don't list it as the "Anniversary Edition" any longer, isn't everything that was there just a part of regular Sea of Thieves currently? If not, what is missing?