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Summary
Opening the Steam menu overlay while in big picture mode causes Steam Link to disconnect with a fatal Wayland error. This began after updating Steam Link to version 1.0.16 today (May 23, 2026). It was working correctly on the previous version.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Launch Steam Link on Raspberry Pi and connect to host PC
2. Press B or Home on controller to open the Steam menu
3. Steam Link immediately disconnects

Expected Behavior
The Steam overlay menu opens without interrupting the stream.

Actual Behavior
Steam Link disconnects with the following errors in the log:

Video size: 342x1080, output size: 1920x1080
[destroyed object]: error 6: invalid buffer stride or height for plane 0
ERROR: Wayland display connection closed by server (fatal)

When the overlay menu opens, the capture size changes to 342x1080. The Pi's hardware decoder cannot handle this unusual resolution and crashes the Wayland display connection.

System Information

• Raspberry Pi (client)
• Device: Raspberry Pi 5
• OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (Trixie)
• Kernel: 6.18.29+rpt-rpi-2712
• Desktop: labwc (Wayland)
• Steam Link version: 1.0.16

Host PC

• OS: Linux Mint 22.3 (Zena)
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
• NVIDIA Driver: 580.159.03
• Steam Client Build: 1779486452 (May 8, 2026)
• Steam Branch: Stable

Additional Notes

• The issue occurs with both hardware decoding enabled and disabled
• The issue occurs with NVFBC capture enabled and disabled
• The host PC has multiple monitors
• This worked correctly on the previous version of Steam Link before today's update