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[Game Recording] - "View Game Recording Settings" is shown as "View Background Recording" in the Steam Menu.

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12054 · opened 2025-05-28 by ZereoX · updated 2025-06-23 · 1 comments · github
ZZereoX 2025-05-28 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1748033199 (Stable) / 1748301070 (Beta)
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): SteamOS 3.7.8 / 3.8.0 and Manjaro 25 KDE
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes. Occurs on both Stable and Beta.
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: AMD Van Gogh RDNA 2.0 (Steam Deck) and RX 7800XT (Desktop)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

The option to redirect the user to the Game Recording settings within the Steam Menu is shown as View Background Recording. This creates a duplicate entry on the Game Recording tab with the first correctly redirecting to the Background Recording on the Media tab, but the second one to the Game Recording settings.

Steam Menu - Game Recording :x:
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Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Launch a title with Background Recording enabled.
  2. Navigate to Steam -> Game Recording.
  3. Press down a few times to show all on-screen buttons.

Reproduction Rate: 5/5

Affected Platforms

  • LCD / Jupiter: Yes
  • OLED / Galileo: Yes
  • Desktop Deck-like session (gamescope -e -- steam -gamepadui -steamdeck): Yes
  • Desktop: Yes, in Big Picture Mode

Actual result

  • View Game Recording Settings is incorrectly shown as View Background Recording.

Expected result

  • View Game Recording Settings is correctly shown as View Game Recording Settings.
ZZereoX 2025-06-23 github

This issue has been fixed in June 20th 2025 Steam Beta update (1750571182).

Game Recording :white_check_mark:
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