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Steam unable to login with offline mode when servers are down

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6542 · opened 2019-09-28 by 1heghost · updated 2019-10-03 · 1 comments · github
11heghost 2019-09-28 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1.0.0.54
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 19.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

In the past it was possible to open steam in offline mode.
That's not possible anymore.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Kill network connection
  2. Start steam
  3. Only "Retry connection" and "quit" is available as options
MMyrddin-Wyllt 2019-10-03 github

On both Steam beta & stable I'm not having this issue:

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And clicking "Start in Offline mode" functions as expected. Is this a distribution specific issue?

Nothing extracted yet.