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friend join notification sound playing even after disabling all notification

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12331 · opened 2025-09-20 by scarf005 · updated 2026-06-12 · 1 comments · github
Sscarf005 2025-09-20 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date):

  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Fedora 42

  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No

  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz

  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 1660 super

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

i do not want to get any wobbly notification sounds but steam client regularly plays wobbling sound when a friend is online.

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. go to settings -> notification
  2. disable all notifications
  3. wobbling sound still plays if a friend is online
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Kkattjevfel 2026-06-12 github

This also happens for other sounds, like message notifications. I found this issue hard to find with my keywords not being about friends joining. Could the title be adjusted? Or better yet, the issue addressed? No workarounds seem to stick.

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