CODM Season 7 Terminated update not showing or won't download in GameLoop

Wait 15–30 minutes and trigger the update check from inside the CODM lobby rather than from GameLoop's launch screen.

1. If you just tried at launch time (midnight or early morning on August 5), wait 15–30 minutes. Tencent's servers are under peak load at launch and rollout is staggered — your region may simply not be in the first wave yet.
2. Launch GameLoop (TAC) and open CODM normally — let it reach the main lobby screen.
3. Inside CODM, tap Settings → About → Check Update (not the GameLoop launcher button). This triggers the in-app update check against Tencent's servers directly.
4. If a banner appears at the bottom of the lobby screen, tap Update Now.
5. If still nothing, press the back arrow to return to the main menu and then re-enter — this refreshes the session and often triggers the banner on the second attempt.

Why this works: GameLoop's launcher checks a cached endpoint for update availability. The in-app "Check Update" in Settings → About hits Tencent's live distribution CDN directly, bypassing the launcher's cache. On launch day, this is the fastest path to the update.

Clear GameLoop's cached update-check response so it re-queries the server fresh.

1. Close CODM inside GameLoop completely (click the × on the game window, not just minimize).
2. In the GameLoop launcher, click the gear icon (Settings) in the top-right corner.
3. Go to General → Clear Cache. Confirm. This deletes the stale update manifest.
4. Close GameLoop entirely from the taskbar tray icon (right-click → Quit).
5. Reopen GameLoop and launch CODM. The update should appear now.
6. If CODM is listed in GameLoop's "My Games" with a red badge but won't update, click the three-dot menu on the CODM tile → Repair. This forces a fresh file verification + update check.

Why this works: GameLoop TAC caches update manifests locally to reduce CDN hits. On launch day, the cache is stale within minutes as Tencent pushes new manifests. Clearing the cache forces GameLoop to fetch the current manifest, which includes the S7 package URLs.

If GameLoop is asking you to update the emulator itself, do that before looking for the CODM update.

1. On the GameLoop (TAC) launcher, look for a yellow or red banner at the top: "A new version of GameLoop is available."
2. Click Update Now and let the launcher update itself. This usually takes 2–5 minutes.
3. GameLoop will restart automatically after the update.
4. After restart, launch CODM — the Season 7 update prompt should now appear.

Why this works: Major CODM season updates sometimes require a matching GameLoop TAC engine update to handle new file formats or shader types. If your GameLoop version is behind the minimum required for S7, the emulator will refuse to offer the game update until it is current. The emulator update and the game update are sequential — you cannot get one without the other.

Flush your Windows DNS cache and switch to a faster DNS server to unblock Tencent's CDN.

1. Press Win + R, type cmd, and run as Administrator.
2. Run: ipconfig /flushdns — this clears any stale DNS entries that could be routing update requests to the wrong CDN endpoint.
3. Then run: ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew to refresh your network connection.
4. Close the command prompt. Reopen GameLoop and try the CODM update again.
5. Optional — switch to Google DNS: Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click your connection → Properties → Internet Protocol Version 4 → Use the following DNS: 8.8.8.8 (preferred) and 8.8.4.4 (alternate). Click OK. Tencent's CDN resolves faster via Google DNS in most regions than via ISP DNS on launch day.

Why this works: On major launch days, ISP DNS servers become slow to resolve Tencent's CDN hostnames because every GameLoop and CODM mobile player is hitting them simultaneously. A stale or slow DNS resolution means update requests time out before they reach the CDN. Flushing DNS and switching to Google's servers bypasses the congested ISP resolver.

If the in-app update is blocked, download the CODM S7 APK directly from APKPure and sideload it into GameLoop.

1. Open a browser and go to apkpure.com. Search for "Call of Duty Mobile" and download the latest version APK (the version number should match S7, which launched August 5 2026).
2. In GameLoop (TAC), click the + icon in My Games → Install APK.
3. Navigate to the downloaded APK and select it. GameLoop will install it as an update over the existing CODM installation — your account data, settings, and progress are preserved.
4. After installation completes, launch CODM. It should open directly into the S7 Terminated season.

Why this works: APKPure mirrors official Google Play APKs without DRM modification. Sideloading via GameLoop's APK installer bypasses Tencent's CDN entirely — you are downloading from APKPure's CDN instead. Your existing CODM data stays intact because the APK installs over the existing package (same package name, higher version number = treated as an update by Android/GameLoop).