[Steam RT3] Steam Runtime Diagnostics missing usual output

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#13006 · opened 2026-03-20 by tgurr · updated 2026-07-17 · 3 comments · github

Ttgurr 2026-03-20 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1773983034
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Exherbo Linux
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
GPU: AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Running Help > Steam Runtime Diagnostics only produces this output:

"LD_* scout runtime" information:
/bin/sh: 1: /home/tgurr/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/steam-runtime-system-info: not found
"scout runtime container" information:
<some warning about hardlinks>
<4>pressure-vessel-wrap[25423]: W: "run/host/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" is unlikely to appear in "/run/host"
<4>pressure-vessel-wrap[25423]: W: "run/host/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" is unlikely to appear in "/run/host"
<4>pressure-vessel-wrap[25423]: W: "run/host/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ld-linux.so.2" is unlikely to appear in "/run/host"
<4>pressure-vessel-wrap[25423]: W: "run/host/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ld-linux.so.2" is unlikely to appear in "/run/host"
<3>bwrap: execvp /usr/lib/pressure-vessel/from-host/libexec/steam-runtime-tools-0/pv-adverb: Too many levels of symbolic links

Complete log: steam-runtime-diagnostics.log

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Use Steam RT3
Run Help > Steam Runtime Diagnostics

Ssmcv 2026-03-20 github

This is a known issue, tracked as steamrt/tasks#954 internally. The diagnostic tools stuff wasn't converted to the container mode yet, and is trying to run a container inside the container, which won't work.

Ssmcv 2026-03-20 github

<some warning about hardlinks>

This will also make getting diagnostic information extremely slow (it fails, but it takes a long time to fail), especially when running on HDD rather than SSD. When the diagnostic tools are fixed to be invoked in the right environment, that's likely to resolve the slowness and the warnings about hard-links as a side-effect.

Ssmcv 2026-07-17 github

This is now mostly fixed.

The "LD_* scout runtime" information: section still doesn't work: it tries to run ~/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/bin/steam-runtime-system-info, which doesn't exist. Ideally, the containerized Steam Client would try to run steamapps/common/LegacySteamRuntime/legacy-steam-runtime steam-runtime-system-info if the Legacy Steam Runtime app happens to be installed, or skip this section otherwise.

The remaining sections (for SLR 1.0, 2.0, 3.0) work as intended now.

Nothing extracted yet.