Correction, the first time I saw this symptom (changing ports at crash) was on 
February 3rd 2013.
.......................

> I've seen this twice now.
> The TF2 server crashes.
> It auto-restarts.
> When it comes back-up again, it doesn't use the port number that has been 
> specified
> (and before the crash it had been using).
> My guess, is that when the binary crashes, the old port/socket doesn't get 
> released immediately.
> So, when the binary get's started back up, it's not immediately available - 
> so it picks another port.
> Needless to say, this is a big deal for servers where many players use their 
> "favorites" list to find.
> This didn't start with the latest round of TF2 updates.
> The first time I saw it was back on January 25t - never before.
> Since then, It's only happened maybe twice - including just now.
> 
> Platform: Linux
> Operating System: CentOS 5.9
> Architecture: 32-bit (x86).
> 
> Recent debug.log file (cleared after last TF2 update):
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> CRASH: Sat Feb 16 01:05:06 PST 2013
> Start Line: ./srcds_linux -secure -game tf +port 29016 -steamport 29116 -debug
> End of Source crash report
> ----------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------
> CRASH: Sat Feb 16 10:15:59 PST 2013
> Start Line: ./srcds_linux -secure -game tf +port 29016 -steamport 29116 -debug
> End of Source crash report
> ----------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------
> CRASH: Sat Feb 16 13:10:10 PST 2013
> Start Line: ./srcds_linux -secure -game tf +port 29016 -steamport 29116 -debug
> End of Source crash report
> ----------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------
> CRASH: Sat Feb 16 23:00:52 PST 2013
> Start Line: ./srcds_linux -secure -game tf +port 29016 -steamport 29116 -debug
> End of Source crash report
> ----------------------------------------------

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