Bizarre 'Fallout 76' bug deletes beta instead of letting players in

Tonight the Fallout 76 beta was supposed to unlock for a few hours so players on Xbox One, PS4 and PC could test it out. Unfortunately for players on PC, for some reason many people saw the 50GB beta installation suddenly begin to redownload instead…
Source: Engadget | Bizarre 'Fallout 76' bug deletes beta instead of letting players in