Hello @axis6404, this issue is already being tracked at #8113. Steam does close when the background task completes.
Closing as a duplicate.
Please read carefully.
This is a bug report for a background task.
I would add that the CPU usage of background tasks is low. (not video encoding).
Read access to the video cache forever before exiting.
Background tasks have completely meaningless accesses.
Probably a bug in the background task.
proton 8.0-5x1 2025-04
Your system information
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
Steam client won't quit for 2-10 minutes after playing doaxvv.
When I tell the Steam client to quit, access to the SSD goes to a busy state of nearly 100%.
The following errors are continuously logged in the system log:
steam[41760]: Thread "CJobMgr::m_WorkThreadPool:2" (ID 42157) failed to shut down
I checked using atop and fatrace and found 99% read access and 1% write access to the following file.
~/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/shadercache/1361350/fozmediav1/video.foz (8.9GB)
This looks like a bug to me because of the abnormal read accesses. Please check if it is a bug or not.
This is an issue that's been around for over a year.
If I launch the Steam client and then exit the Steam client immediately without starting doaxvv, it takes 2 seconds to exit.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
(Proton 8.0-5)