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Steam friends sometimes freezes after opening the chat through a desktop notification

steamclosed Steam clientDistro Family: ArchWeb Component
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11195 · opened 2024-08-18 by Managor · updated 2025-01-07 · 2 comments · github
MManagor 2024-08-18 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: 1723685248
  • Distribution: 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:

Demonstrative video: https://youtu.be/AOTJsBMi5kY
Sometimes after opening the friends list through the desktop notification, Steam freezes completely for several seconds.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Have a friend message you
  2. Click on the notification
  3. Interact with the window

Result:

Steam freezes

Expected:

No freeze should happen

MManagor 2024-12-21 github

I haven't seen this happen in some while. @daved09, @t0ssox, you reacted with thumbsups. Have you encountered this at all recently?

Ddaved09 2024-12-21 github

No, i think it is fixed now.

Nothing extracted yet.