[GamepadUI] - Game downloads stop after opening the left Steam side-menu while on the Downloads page

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12175 · opened 2025-07-08 by matte-schwartz · updated 2025-08-27 · 4 comments · github

Mmatte-schwartz 2025-07-08 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1751405894
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): SteamOS
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Steam Logs: claw-download-logs.tar.gz
GPU: Intel 258V [Lunar Lake/Intel Arc 140]

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

On the latest Deck Beta client, if you open the Left Steam side-menu while sitting on the Downloads tab with all of your current downloads, all of your queued downloads will stop and cannot be started again until you restart the Steam client.

This seems to be new with today's Beta. The pause button does nothing here either.

If I switch back to the Stable Deck client, this issue does not occur:

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Start a game download on the latest beta
Invoke the left side-menu and enter the Download tab

Downloads should still work at this point

Now, invoke the left side-menu once more from the Download page

Your downloads should all stop here

Mmatte-schwartz 2025-07-08 github

seems to just be an endless loop of this in content_log.txt:

[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 scheduler finished : removed from schedule (result No Error, state 0x0) 
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 scheduler update : Priority First, not played for 1751936732 seconds, update disabled for 0 seconds
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,Reconfiguring,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 has no changes, 12 active: 241100 (383783060756505612),241100 (1217438911215356817),241100 (2704671122884442139),241100 (7313031988495580426),241100 (1536838824338945129),241100 (6711344606286301481),241100 (973173179910388331),241100 (8075414841180871574),241100 (1956747848090074870),241100 (7861131277582560491),241100 (109821406102298671),241100 (6262578453953836158), 12 target: 241100 (383783060756505612),241100 (1217438911215356817),241100 (2704671122884442139),241100 (7313031988495580426),241100 (1536838824338945129),241100 (6711344606286301481),241100 (973173179910388331),241100 (8075414841180871574),241100 (1956747848090074870),241100 (7861131277582560491),241100 (109821406102298671),241100 (6262578453953836158),
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,Staging,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,Committing,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 starting commit from "/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/downloads/241100" to "/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/241100" : 0 updated, 0 moved, 0 deleted files
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : None
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 scheduler finished : removed from schedule (result No Error, state 0x0) 
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 scheduler update : Priority First, not played for 1751936732 seconds, update disabled for 0 seconds
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,Reconfiguring,
[2025-07-07 18:05:32] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 has no changes, 12 active: 241100 (383783060756505612),241100 (1217438911215356817),241100 (2704671122884442139),241100 (7313031988495580426),241100 (1536838824338945129),241100 (6711344606286301481),241100 (973173179910388331),241100 (8075414841180871574),241100 (1956747848090074870),241100 (7861131277582560491),241100 (109821406102298671),241100 (6262578453953836158), 12 target: 241100 (383783060756505612),241100 (1217438911215356817),241100 (2704671122884442139),241100 (7313031988495580426),241100 (1536838824338945129),241100 (6711344606286301481),241100 (973173179910388331),241100 (8075414841180871574),241100 (1956747848090074870),241100 (7861131277582560491),241100 (109821406102298671),241100 (6262578453953836158),
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,Staging,
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,Committing,
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 starting commit from "/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/downloads/241100" to "/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/241100" : 0 updated, 0 moved, 0 deleted files
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : None
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 scheduler finished : removed from schedule (result No Error, state 0x0) 
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 scheduler update : Priority First, not played for 1751936733 seconds, update disabled for 0 seconds
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,Reconfiguring,
[2025-07-07 18:05:33] AppID 241100 Workshop update changed : Running Update,

after my downloads stop working.

Mmatte-schwartz 2025-07-15 github

Something interesting to note: this issue does not appear to affect my Steam Deck on the same Steam Deck beta client version, only my non-Deck handhelds (Go, Go S, ROG Ally, MSI Claw)

Mmatte-schwartz 2025-07-24 github

I have absolutely no idea how this makes any sense, but the failed downloads are tied to using deck-uhid as a controller target. Downloads work fine on the Deck client beta if I switch to xbox-elite instead.

Mmatte-schwartz 2025-08-27 github

fixed here on 1756242410, guessing the "Fixed game downloads not starting if user is subscribed to a controller configuration that is not available anymore" fix was also included on the Deck branch although it wasn't mentioned:

Nothing extracted yet.