Universal Blue•7mo ago

[Updated] Steam client bugged update indicator after switching between desktop and game mode

[This is an updated version of a post I made yesterday and incorrectly believed to be fixed] A weird bug with Steam on bazzite-gnome-deck (running the latest stable 40.20240427.0) on a Steam Deck LCD. Sometimes in game mode, Steam will report that a Steam client update is available. Suspiciously, however, this update will "install" instantaneously, and the update indicator will later appear again. At first I thought the pattern was random, but after a few days of this, it looks like the bugged update indicator comes back when switching between game mode and desktop mode. Yesterday when I was trying to debug this, someone suggested I check the steam stdout output to see if there's any clues there. Indeed, you can see in my attached .steam-stdout.log Steam seems to believe an update is available, and "installs" it suspiciously quickly looking at the timestamps. But nothing seems to pop out as a possible problem, other than the fact that it claims I am opted in to a client beta when I am not (message is Opted in to client beta 'steamdeck_stable' via beta file not sure if this is normal for bazzite on Steam Deck)

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gradientdissentOP•7mo ago

Additional findings since the post was getting long: if I run Steam from the command line in desktop mode to get some possibly useful output there, it seems to report that some files might be corrupted? It redownloads them and starts normally, but again, the issue seems to pop up again after switching back and forth with game mode.

[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Verifying installation...
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Unable to read and verify install manifest /var/home/jonathan/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12.installed
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Verification complete
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Downloading update...
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Checking for available updates...
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Manifest download: send request
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Manifest download: finished
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Downloaded new manifest: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1709846872, installed version 1709846872, existing pending version 0
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file steamui_websrc_all.zip.vz.4d1122df29e9f3c1809ea2120f668a0ab4c1d74b_23792526 missing or incorrect size
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file bins_ubuntu12.zip.vz.89c3cb2161e0abf46cb5207c20e0a5bea33a5d12_28839501 missing or incorrect size
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file bins_sdk_ubuntu12.zip.vz.c89187f4a48caac0e0fe48151c99d2f7319d6ffd_19244069 missing or incorrect size
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file bins_misc_ubuntu12.zip.vz.1d68b4a73be9e9889f267f869aaa419e855217e3_18470178 missing or incorrect size
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file steam_ubuntu12.zip.vz.fe22dcbc5e6cb9e4eb8709288d8ee1259523e9c3_2548790 missing or incorrect size

[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Verifying installation...
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Unable to read and verify install manifest /var/home/jonathan/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_ubuntu12.installed
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Verification complete
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Downloading update...
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Checking for available updates...
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Downloading manifest: https://client-update.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam_client_ubuntu12
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Manifest download: send request
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Manifest download: waiting for download to finish
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Manifest download: finished
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Downloaded new manifest: /steam_client_ubuntu12 version 1709846872, installed version 1709846872, existing pending version 0
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file steamui_websrc_all.zip.vz.4d1122df29e9f3c1809ea2120f668a0ab4c1d74b_23792526 missing or incorrect size
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file bins_ubuntu12.zip.vz.89c3cb2161e0abf46cb5207c20e0a5bea33a5d12_28839501 missing or incorrect size
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file bins_sdk_ubuntu12.zip.vz.c89187f4a48caac0e0fe48151c99d2f7319d6ffd_19244069 missing or incorrect size
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file bins_misc_ubuntu12.zip.vz.1d68b4a73be9e9889f267f869aaa419e855217e3_18470178 missing or incorrect size
[2024-05-01 17:59:25] Package file steam_ubuntu12.zip.vz.fe22dcbc5e6cb9e4eb8709288d8ee1259523e9c3_2548790 missing or incorrect size

Phrog•7mo ago

Had the same issue. I went and did a full system update so we'll see if this helps. There were a lot of layers to update. Apparently this also affects someone using non-stable steam because it gets reverted. So far so good. I saw a slightly different workflow when launching steam this time with extracting, installing. I went through desktop and back to gaming mode as well and I'm no longer getting update notifications. I guess a read only but outdated system conflicts with steam trying to update itself on the desktop to get reverted due to being an immutable system. This might also fix it for that person trying to use beta branch where it reverts back to stable. tl;dr update with the system app in desktop mode

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[Updated] Steam client bugged update indicator after switching between desktop and game mode