Steam UI freezes when switching workspaces

[hankertrix]

Your system information

• Steam client version (build number or date): 1714854927

• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): EndeavourOS (Arch-based)

• Opted into Steam client beta?: No

• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

• Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz

• GPU: AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Switching away from the workspace containing the Steam client and then switching back to the same workspace freezes the Steam UI. The buttons are still clickable and interactable, but the visuals do not update. Inputs to search bars in the library tab are captured and will update after closing the Steam client and restarting the client window. Below are screenshots of a few examples:

Switching to the store page shows the page, but the bar at the top doesn't update.

Switching to the community tab shows the community tab but the UI doesn't update.

Drop-down menus are still displayed just fine:

Typing "bastion" into the library search box doesn't show anything as the UI is frozen:

But closing and re-opening the Steam client shows the input that is typed when the UI is frozen:

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. Start the Steam client
2. Switch to another workspace on Linux
3. Switch back to the Steam client
4. The Steam client's UI freezes and doesn't update, even though the buttons are still clickable and interactable, and inputs are still received

[ndlarsen]

Experiencing a similar issue and it is consistently reproducible. Not entirely sure exactly when this issue occurred but think it is within the last few days for me. At least this is when I noticed it. Issue does not seem to occur when "Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views" in Settings -> Interface is disabled. Running Xorg, not Wayland.

• Steam client version (build number or date):

  Steam Beta Branch:  Stable Client
  Steam Version:  1715635533
  Steam Client Build Date:  Mon, May 13 11:01 PM UTC -08:00
  Steam Web Build Date:  Mon, May 13 8:06 PM UTC -08:00
  Steam API Version:  SteamClient021
  

• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu):

  $ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
  Release:	20.04
  Codename:	focal

• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
• Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]: see below
• GPU: Nvidia/Intel/AMD: AMD, see below for output of lshw

STR:

• launch Steam on a focused desktop and observe Steam client UI is initially responsive
• switch to other desktop
• switch back to desktop containing the Steam client UI
• observe the client UI is unresponsive except for the "File menu"-like items and the system tray icon
• relaunch Steam
• reproduce issue as described above
• relaunch Steam
• disable "Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views" in Settings -> Interface
• attempt to reproduce issue as described above
• observe issue cannot be reproduced

steam-logs.tar.gz
lshw.txt

[toofar]

I can reproduce this 100% too. I'm on awesome wm and AMD graphics with steam version 1715635533 on debian sid.
Couple of extra points:

1. I can un-freeze the window by minimizing it then un-minimising it
2. I can't reproduce with "Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views" turned off, so assuming it's the same for other reporters this is possibly the same issue as Steam randomly freezes #10793 (but this issue has better reproduction steps)

[ndlarsen]

2. I can't reproduce with "Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views" turned off, so assuming it's the same for other reporters this is possibly the same issue as [Steam randomly freezes #10793](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/10793) (but this issue has better reproduction steps)

Confirming that this seems to be the case for me as well (updated my original comment to reflect this). Perhaps also related to #7245, then?

[hankertrix]

2. I can't reproduce with "Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views" turned off, so assuming it's the same for other reporters this is possibly the same issue as Steam randomly freezes #10793 (but this issue has better reproduction steps)

Also confirming that this seems to be the case for me as well.

[rein1410]

So weird that this issue keeps popping up again after so many updates

[xaizone]

Confirming that I'm able to reproduce this on i3wm on Arch Linux. Disabling "Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views", as stated above, fixes it for me.