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Steam messing with Nextcloud and possibly other file syncing Clients

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12276 · opened 2025-08-16 by Shardboii · updated 2025-08-16 · 3 comments · github
SShardboii 2025-08-16 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date):
    Currently Uninstalled due to the Bug
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu):
    Fedora 42 Minimal Install via NetIns
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No]
    No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No]
    Yes
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
    Currently not available as its uninstalled
  • GPU: Nvidia/Intel/AMD
    Intel Integrated GPU (Intel® UHD Graphics 620)

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Download Steam and Nextcloud / OwnCloud Desktop Clients
  2. Run Steam.
  3. Run Nextcloud / OwnCloud
  4. Wait a few seconds
  5. Nextcloud crashes and starts devouring Ram like its never seen it before
  6. PC Freezes and crashes or restarts DE (Gnome kills Nextcloud automatically)
  7. Issue seems to be Steam doing something that causes the DB in apps like these to get corrupted. Deleting said DB restores functionality for a few seconds until it fails again.
    On a System without Steam, everything runs fine.
    (The DB in question is the Sync DB)
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Link related to topic:
https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-client-crashes-consumes-all-available-memory/195746/6

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-08-16 github

Hello @Shardboii, not invalidating your observation, but a bug in a third party application needs to be evaluated and resolved by the other application's dev(s).

Report this issue to them if it hasn't been already and if they find some actionable detail for a Steam dev to ponder, then share it here and we can ponder this further.

SShardboii 2025-08-16 github

Yes but i'd like to find out what causes this so that i can further provide information on the other side. Aswell as prevent that issue for now since i miss gaming with Steam

SShardboii 2025-08-16 github

😞
@kisak-valve
https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/4646

Current problem since 2022

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