"Unread messages" notification doesn't clear even after reading those messages.

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5752 · opened 2018-09-12 by sizeofbool · updated 2024-09-09 · 8 comments · github

Ssizeofbool 2018-09-12 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): Latest up-to-date
Steam package version: 1536436120
Built: Sep 8 2018, at 19:21:25
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian 9 'stretch' x86_64
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

"Unread messages" notification doesn't clear even after reading those unread chat messages from now Offline users.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Have your Steam client minimized.
Make some user to send you a game invite or leave some messages in chat.
Close your Steam client.
Make sure users who send chat messages are offline.
Start your Steam client and click on "Unread messages" notification near your Steam username.
In opened chat windows read messages and close chat windows.
Notice "Unread messages" notification wasn't clear.

Only restarting Steam client helps to clear "Unread messages" notification after you read them.

Pppedro1 2018-10-17 github

I have this problem and it doesn't go away with steam restart. Also every time one particular friend logs into steam, the friends list tells me that he has sent me a new message even though there isn't a new message.

Arch Linux
steamsysinfo.txt
4.18.12-arch1-1-ARCH
steam-runtime 1539393410

?ghost 2019-02-09 github

This is still a thing. I assume it's incredibly complicated to properly keep a state of unread messages, and update a visual based on it.

Hh4uja2 2020-06-16 github

Issue is still not resolved

?ghost 2020-10-14 github

VALVE PLEASE FIX

Ppleq 2020-11-24 github

The technology just isn't there yet

Qqptain-Nemo 2021-01-10 github

Still a thing.

Rrwynx 2023-02-06 github

It's 2023 and this is still a thing, unbelievable Valve good job.

Not just for Linux, also Windows.

NNonsensep83 2024-09-09 github

Question? I have this issue now... It gets worse each week there's a new one even though I "mark all as read".I'm up to 9 now since it started a couple months back but I'm starting to think maybe it's the players I've blocked that are still in my friends list.like maybe there's ghost msgs even though I can't see them.could this be the issue because if so I'll gladly let them go

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