# Unstable connections with 3–4 users

**URL:** <https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/unstable-connections-with-3-4-users/5468>\
**Category:** Issues with deployment\
**Created:** [January 30, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/unstable-connections-with-3-4-users/5468 "2026-01-30T11:19:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![lua.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lua.net](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/lua.net)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/unstable-connections-with-3-4-users/5468/1 "2026-01-30T11:19:45Z")

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Hi,

We are testing OpenVidu during an integration investigation and are experiencing unstable connections.

What we see:

Session with 3–4 participants  
Sometimes one or more users temporarily lose audio/video and disappear from the session  
After that, the connection may recover

Errors in logs:

_IceConnectionState of RTCPeerConnection (…) changed to “disconnected”.  
Possible network disconnection_

Environment:

OpenVidu image: openvidu/openvidu-dev:2.30.0  
Azure VM: Standard B2ms (2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM)

Any guidance would be appreciated

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pabloFuente](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/pablofuente/32/2536_2.png) [@pabloFuente](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/pabloFuente)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/unstable-connections-with-3-4-users/5468/2 "2026-01-30T11:20:35Z")

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2 CPUs is very little compute power for real-time media. OpenVidu will require at least 4 dediceted CPU cores (8 would be better) for it to work smoothly in a production environment, with multiple concurrent sessions between 3-4 participants.

Also, you are deploying **openvidu-dev** image in an Azure virtualized environment, but openvidu-dev image is reserved for local machines for development purposes. To deploy OpenVidu 2 in a real production environment you must follow these steps: [**https://docs.openvidu.io/en/2.32.0/deployment/ce/on-premises/**](https://docs.openvidu.io/en/2.32.0/deployment/ce/on-premises/)

Also, consider using [OpenVidu v3](https://openvidu.io/) instead, which is completely overhauled and the way to go in 2026. OpenVidu v2 is still well-maintained and will receive security patches from time to time, but won’t receive any more new features.

Best regards!