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steam cannot resume downloads

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10259 · opened 2023-11-29 by legacychimera247 · updated 2025-09-07 · 4 comments · github
Llegacychimera247 2023-11-29 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1700160213
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): fedora 39
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] yes but reverted back t o stable
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] yes
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
  • GPU: Nvidia/Intel/AMD amd

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

most of the times, if steam is downloading a big update and i close steam, when i reopen it the update restarts at the same exact point it started rather than continuing where it was

for example, king of fighters 15 always starts at 40% downloading. One time i was at 98% but had to close, when i reopened steam it restarted at 40% and it's rather frustrating as i am on limited data plan and it's either not that fast to download tons of gbs in a quick time...

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. open steam and start a download
  2. close steam
  3. reopen it to see the download restarting mostly from the start
Eell1e 2024-05-28 github

I now suddenly have this happen as well on openSUSE and with slower internet connections this is potentially a catastrophic bug that may make the entirety of your library unavailable since multi-day downloads simply may not be feasible without any interruptions for some users.

Cyberpunk's Phantom Liberty DLC seems to like to trigger it for me.

I filed Steam support ticket HT-9HHC-N2RC-FTPG in relation to this.

My apologies if this is all caused by some user error on my end, but i haven't found out what it could be.

Eell1e 2024-06-28 github

Is there a timeline for a fix? Seems like a problem when it's not possible to download with no workaround.

Eell1e 2025-05-26 github

I have since abandoned Steam as a platform altogether, mostly due to this issue. I'm recommending everyone to do the same. If you force people to use your downloader, you need to make sure it works.

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