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Running non-Steam applications logs out other devices

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#10491 · opened 2024-02-11 by krillme · updated 2024-02-11 · 0 comments · github
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Your system information

  • Steam client version: 1707518866
  • SteamOS version: 3.5.15
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Opted into SteamOS beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When waking the Steam Deck from sleep after running a non-Steam application, if another device is currently logged into the same Steam account as the Steam Deck and running a Steam application, the secondary device will be logged out of Steam. This is presumably an anti-game sharing measure to prevent you from playing the same library on several different devices simultaneously, but this shouldn't apply to non-Steam applications. In my case I'm trying to stream a game from my PC through Moonlight, which I've added to my non-Steam games on Steam Deck, but if I put the Steam Deck to sleep and wake it it'll log my PC out of Steam and ruin my game session.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Launch an application through Steam on a device that isn't a Steam Deck.
  2. Launch an non-Steam application through steam on a Steam Deck.
  3. Put the Steam Deck to sleep.
  4. Wake the Steam Deck from sleep. The other device will now get logged out of Steam.

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