[UI] - Processing Vulkan shaders window disappears instantly on desktop Steam UI since download page refresh

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11574 · opened 2024-12-13 by matte-schwartz · updated 2025-02-09 · 5 comments · github

Mmatte-schwartz 2024-12-13 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1734061824
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Plasma 6 on Arch Linux (using Deck client)
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Steam Logs:
steam-logs.tar.gz
GPU: AMD 7900XTX

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When first launching a game on Steam, the window to skip shader pre-compilation appears and then very quickly disappears since the new download UI was rolled out. The issue only seems to happen with the normal desktop UI, as Big Picture Mode/gamepadui work fine.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Launch a game that requires shader pre-processing (I'm using Deadlock).

You should observe a window very briefly launching before it disappears, leaving the option to skip unavailable.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8557a54f-b6d2-44ef-b4d5-ed56776e7bd4

Rrosset-nocpes 2024-12-14 github

Have the same issue

Ddctheee 2024-12-14 github

Same issue as well. Just started happening with most recent update.

Sshazow 2024-12-14 github

There's a brief moment, like half a second window right when the little window pops up right after pressing play, that if you click cancel it'll skip vulkan shaders... it took me 6 tries today! Like a new mini-game. 🫠

At least a command/flag/env var to always skip shader pre-compilation would be nice too.

Mmatte-schwartz 2025-01-22 github

seems fixed with today's build (1737514353):

Mmatte-schwartz 2025-02-09 github

closing per last comment, its been working fine for me across all current steam-for-linux client versions

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