Hello @h1z1, do you have multiple Steam libraries and what filesystem(s) are they on?
@kisak-valve I do indeed. They are ext4 and zfs. Tried installing to both.
You need to stick to a single file system for Steam, choose one & remove the other.
@lucifertdark ? Doesn't happen with all titles nor does it explain what is failing to lock. Steam itself is on ext4
I've got a hunch your issue is related to #4851. It may be worth checking if the games that fail have individual files larger than 2 GB.
GTA5 is indeed one of the t\ww titles locked. StandOut (748370) is the another. I removed both and was able to reinstall StandOut (can't move it in steam because of a pending update...). GTA will take a bit more time.
If that is indeed the cause it's worth noting there are others that did not have this problem. Overload for example. Only thing I can think of is one folder resides on zfs. Quotas are enabled to work around the other problem related to free space... there are 22 tickets regarding it. I also tried installing to the ext4 volumes without success.
Update: I was not able to reinstall StandOut to the zfs backed folder even without GTA nor was I able to move it there (IO error). The files were copied but steam fails at the end. I was also able to move a few games with files under 2G off zfs and onto ext4 but couldn't others (Google Earth for example).
Without knowing what on earth steam is locking or at least some hint other then the generic error messages above, I don't think it's my end.
Installing GTA to ext4 worked after removing everything but a single download folder. Steam clearly has some serious problem with zfs and/or locking.
I can confirm that today's Steam Client Beta fixes this for me.
Hello @h1z1, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?
@kisak-valve Nope.
Thanks for checking, closing.
Nothing extracted yet.
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Downloading some titles results in Steam erroring out with "Content file locked" on the downloads page. Expected result - Steam provides more details as to what is locked.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
Although it will enter a "paused" state, something else to note if you leave Steam in this state it will continue to try downloading over and over regardless.
There are other cases of this error popping up but I've not found any conclusive reason as to why nor what is locked. It's not a permissions problem nor is the volume out of space.
The download does complete as it resides in the downloading directory and assuming there is no post setup required, you can run the game after coping those files manually.
Tried Validating files and clearing steamcache. Tried completely redownloading too.