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Steam Client crashing when searching in the steam store

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12497 · opened 2025-11-28 by Madz258 · updated 2025-11-29 · 1 comments · github
MMadz258 2025-11-28 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1763795278

  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): CachyOS (Based on Arch Linux)

  • 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 steam-logs.tar.gz]

  • GPU: Nvidia/Intel/AMD: Intel

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

When I go into the steam store and use the search bar the whole client crashes
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https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Madz258/0065ed943a94fb7277a898c91148dbad/raw/c8a969f9c3ffa2206af075c2a06954409a1ca7ac/gistfile1.txt

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Open Steam
  2. Type something in the search bar of the store
  3. Crash

Video of Error:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4f3f3b26-acf0-4b9d-bb37-d48fe7ae1017

MMadz258 2025-11-28 github

Also to note I do have some non steam games only on my steam deck, none of them show up on my desktop. It also seems like when I click the search box or the about steam in the app it crashes too.

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