Update: It seems the crash happens on every tab, actually; it's just far more infrequent on the others. The library tab crashes within a few seconds, while the others crash every few minutes.
I also have this issue in the big 2026!
Forgot why I'm subscribed to this, so I might not be of use, but it could be that /dev/shm is too small (I remember not being able to use Steam on window sizes above 360p). Other than that, try -cef-disable-gpu-compositing or -cef-disable-gpu to disable hardware accel. entirely.
@baraahomsi
the cef launchflags doesnt make it work sadly.
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 16388208 770324 15617884 5% /dev/shm
I don't think /dev/shm being to small is the issue here either, sadly :c
[0405/172746.506735:ERROR:v8_initializer.cc(739)] V8 javascript OOM (Reached heap limit).
Found this at the end of the author's cef_log.txt and steamwebhelper.log files. I don't know what I am doing, nor do I ever want to interact with Chromium, so I apologize for not being able to do anything.
Maybe try a different compositor? X11/Wayland?
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What I expected:
I open up the Steam Client, which opens to the Store Tab. Clicking onto the Library Tab shows me all of my games and collections as usual.
What Happens:
I open up the Steam Client, which opens to the Store Tab. Clicking onto the Library Tab makes the entire Steam window freeze for a few seconds, then crash. Then, the window opens back up on its own, on the Store Page again. All tabs except the Library tab work fine as normal. Clicking "Library > Collections" instead of just Library also works fine.
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