Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): 1748914100 (Stable) / 1748922024 (Beta)
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): SteamOS 3.5.19 / 3.6.24 / 3.7.9 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:

When accepting a Game Invite or Remote Play Together invitation via the on-screen notification or the Quick-Access Menu, the associated message will not be marked as Read. This leaves the user with an invalid Quick-Access Menu notification and an unread badge that must manually be dismissed. Accepting the invitation via Chat will automatically mark it as Read.

Quick-Access Menu ❌

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Have another user send a Game Invite or Remote Play Together invitation.
2. Tap the on-screen notification and select Accept Invite (or highlight the notification in the Quick-Access Menu and press Y).
3. Open the Quick-Access Menu by pressing ....

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

• Unread notifications are present even after the invitation causing them has been accepted.

Expected result

• Accepting an invitation automatically results in the associated chat message to be marked as read.