Trade offer URLS in Chat are opened in my browser instead of the Steam client

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6480 · opened 2019-09-01 by NoXPhasma · updated 2023-01-02 · 8 comments · github

NNoXPhasma 2019-09-01 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1567041311
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Linux Mint 19.2
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Any trade offer links will be opened in my main browser instead of the Steam client. This happens in Stable and Beta client as well.

Log says this for each link I click on:

ExecuteSteamURL: "steam://openexternalforpid/5130/https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffer/************/"

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Click on a Link in the Steam chat.

Aat46 2019-09-09 github

I can partly confirm this odd behavior but it is a bit complex:

create a new trade from chat window --> browser
open a trade a got from someone in the chat window --> browser

new trade offer from profile page --> client
new trade offer via trade link pasted in chat (the one with token) --> client
click on an old trade offer sent to someone in chat window --> client

NNoXPhasma 2019-09-09 github

It's the same experience for me. If it's a plain link, it opens in the client. But if it's the embedded trade offer, it opens in the browser.

JJuanLargearm 2019-10-25 github

I am having this same behaviour on the Windows client, this page is one of the most recent results when I searched for this problem I am having.

?ghost 2019-12-31 github

i'm having the same issue on arch linux with latest version of steam beta at the time (20dec 2019 version)

HHahnfruh 2020-03-25 github

Same issue here, also on the Windows Client

Mmadhavpcm 2021-01-09 github

Same issue, still persists

Mm-alice 2022-08-14 github

still not fixed

Aayurai 2023-01-02 github

3 years, and the same....

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