What is stash overflow?

A safety net, called Recovery Overflow in game, that catches items when you remove cargo space while it's full.

Cargo space comes from modules such as the Cargo Bay (+16 cells) and Structural Cargohold (+12). Removing one shrinks the hold.
Fitting a module that takes cells away, like the Missile Bay (-6) or Fuel Bay (-4), shrinks it too.
Items in the lost cells go to your hub stash only when you're in a hub. Anywhere else they're thrown out as loot.
Beta Patch 2 used it too: launchers that lost their place when missiles moved to battery hardpoints went to your hub stash, or to Recovery Overflow if the stash was full.

Tip

Before you refit cargo modules at a breach terminal, make room in the hold first.

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Sources (8)

Speaker	Tier	Said on
phyzixteacher	Developer	1 Oct 2026
Official patch notes: Beta Patch 2	Official	2 Oct 2026

Paraphrased from the Citadel Discord. Developers and official documents are named; other players by trust tier. Last verified 4 Oct 2026 for Beta Patch 2.

Also drawn from

Beta Patch 2 (official patch notes): Launchers displaced by the hardpoint change go to the hub stash, or to Recovery Overflow if the stash is full
Citadel Wiki: Cargo: Cargo Bay adds 16 cells, Structural Cargohold 12; Missile Bay takes 6, Fuel Bay 4
Citadel Wiki: Cargo Bay: +16 Cargo capacity
Citadel Wiki: Missile Bay: -6 Cargo capacity
Citadel Wiki: Cargo: If the hold shrinks, items in the lost cells go to the hub stash when in a hub; anywhere else they are thrown out as loot
Citadel Wiki: Ship fitting: Some breach maps have refit terminals

Collected from the Citadel Discord and added on 3 Oct 2026.