I got a penalty because of a BUG.
I was in agent select for a competitive match and selected Iso. The timer went to 0 and the other team locked in all their agents as well as my team. Then it sat on that screen for a solid 10 minutes. It wasn't until I tried pressing something that I realized my screen was bugged. I tried tabbing out so i could close to task and reopen Valorant but because I have Valorant in full screen to reduce lag, It would not let me switch tabs. I had to open an entire other desktop to be able to close the task and relaunch. By the time I relaunched, my team had remaked and I got a penalty. It was only a 3 minute penalty for all game modes, but that's only because I haven't gotten any penalties in a while. This is a SERIOUS bug. If this happens to me again and I get a way longer penalty or I get banned for premier, then I'll report this bug again to let you all know.
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Had this issue before, check if valorant is in your SSD.
This can also be due to network connection issues.