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IPC:CSteamEngin delays game launch

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12284 · opened 2025-08-20 by mathew2214 · updated 2025-08-20 · 1 comments · github
Mmathew2214 2025-08-20 github

Debian Trixie

every time i launch a game a process called IPC:CSteamEngin is created, hangs for several minutes, and then finally steam tries to launch my game.
documentation of this happening to others: reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1hjiwut/launching_a_game_on_steam_will_take_an_extremely/

possibly related: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11376

valve, please fix.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-08-20 github

Hello @mathew2214, as you've noted, this issue is already being tracked at #11376. Feel free to add a note to the older issue report.

Closing as a duplicate.