Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): 1698890449
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
• Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
• Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
• GPU: AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

On the latest Steam Client Beta, the Overlay toggle for Steam Games and also Non-Steam Games is force disabled. The option is greyed out in the Properties dialogue.

For Non-Steam Gams, in the localconfig.vdf, attempting to manually insert or update an entry under "Apps" enabling this by settiing "OverlayAppEnable" "1" does not work. When launching the game, its value is set back to "0". The "Include in VR Library" switch works, and the "DisableLaunchInVR" "1" setting in localconfig.vdf works, so I don't think this is an issue with parsing this file. I also assume the "OverlayAppEnable" key has not changed, because Steam can correctly reset it back to "0" if I set it to "1".

Steam Games

Non-Steam Games

This worked yesterday before updating to the latest client beta (I was running 1698705032, which I found from my last report on this repo).

Other information from this file, such as shortcuts, can be read correctly. Deleting and re-generating localconfig.vdf does not resolve the issue.

This happens with native games and games running via Proton.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Steam Games:

1. Go to the Properties Dialogue of a Steam Game.
2. The top option, "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game", is forced disabled.
3. Launching the game shows the overlay is still disabled

Non-Steam Games:

1. Add a Non-Steam Game to Steam via the Steam Client.
2. Go to the Game Properties.
3. "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game" is forced disabled.
4. Launching a game shows the Overlay is disabled.