I have the same problem on openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 with KDE 4.8.5.

Same issue in Ubuntu 12.10 x86_32. Also I am unable to launch any games unless I exit and allow it to reopen.

It appears to try and reapply the update after the first close.

I too have the same issue.

Same thing over Kubuntu 12.10 64-bits.

Same here. On Archlinux 64bit and Xfce 4.10 with current kernel and nouveau driver.

Archlinux 64bit with KDE 4.9.5

Same here. Kubuntu 12.04 (32bits)

Same. Kubuntu 12.10 64 bit. [Skipping detailed system info, as it is probably not important.]

I have the same problem on Fedora 17 64bit since yesterday's update.

When I launch Steam, some games, like SPAZ, don't work because they fail to detect that Steam is running.

When I close Steam, it restarts, updates itself and then everything is working right.

It seems I have the same problem: Games can't connect to steam network (TF2 can't find servers or connect to item server, Trine 2 fails to load my cloud saves). Upon restarting, steam shows Updating dialog for a brief moment, then restarts. Pressing Exit again does close it finally. But even after restart games still can't connect to servers.
I tried getting rid of ClientRegistry.blob, but that didn't help. Then I cleaned some files from steam folder and it's redownloading them now, but it seems I just wasted some time and traffic.

Wait,it actually helped with network problems.

Same in KDE KUbuntu 12.04. Always open an additional time before i exit.

Same. Ubuntu 12.04 64bit

Each time, If I start a new steam client and close it, it will open again.

Likewise. Happening here, too.

Same here on Arch64 + KDE.

Same. Debian Wheezy AMD64 + KDE4.

I'm having this issue too. Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits with Unity

Same here, also after rebooting pc.

openSuse 12.2 - 64 bit - kde.

I also notice a screen with a X in the top left corner.
It states its updating steam ( again? )

Before steam restarts.

When I check in the gui for updates, it says latest version.

Since the update can join servers, but It tells me it can't sync with the cloud, progress might be lost. I am not sure if its related though..

Same here. :)
Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, Fluxbox

Can confirm this on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

That’s enough confirmations please, peeps, it has been noticed. :)

I think everyone's voice is important - statistical data can be also needed for management etc.
It can be also affecting only some versions of Ubuntu or (put whatever software/library/OS part here).

Good to hear that!

l1bbcsg : I seem to have acquired the same issue and it might be related to my bug, although this started happening afterwards. Still, the same issues occurs.

|1bbcsg wrote:

It seems I have the same problem: Games can't connect to steam network (TF2 can't find servers or connect to item server, Trine 2 fails to load my cloud saves). Upon restarting, steam shows Updating dialog for a brief moment, then restarts. Pressing Exit again does close it finally. But even after restart games still can't connect to servers.
I tried getting rid of ClientRegistry.blob, but that didn't help. Then I cleaned some files from steam folder and it's redownloading them now, but it seems I just wasted some time and traffic.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/635

You guys know this is still happening right? I just had steam restart itself after closing 3 times in a row, really annoying! I'm using the latest beta build:

@Fornax96 since this issue had been closed for 3 years and did not have any activity in that time, you should go ahead and open a new issue report with your system information as requested at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#reporting-issues.