Steam Error: "Trouble Connecting to Steam Servers"

Issue Summary:
When running Steam, I consistently get “Steam is having trouble connecting to Steam Servers” with a “Retry Connection” and “Cancel” button.

Inxi Output:

❯ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.63-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=1cbcf1c0-ca88-4f96-a451-7bf5a4213134 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=2478544d-3812-4597-866d-e7e8dafb4ea8 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 
  dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG CROSSHAIR VIII IMPACT v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3402 date: 03/22/2021 
Battery:
  ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: N/A condition: N/A volts: 4.1 min: N/A 
  model: Logitech G903 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse w/ HERO type: N/A 
  serial: <filter> status: Discharging 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 62.78 GiB used: 3.27 GiB (5.2%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 16-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 
  family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: A201009 cache: 
  L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 217723 
  Speed: 2905 MHz min/max: 2200/3400 MHz boost: disabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2905 2: 2711 3: 2196 4: 2198 5: 2200 6: 2191 7: 2198 8: 2190 9: 3173 
  10: 2708 11: 2709 12: 2712 13: 2711 14: 2713 15: 2702 16: 3399 17: 2720 
  18: 2197 19: 2198 20: 2199 21: 2198 22: 2198 23: 2198 24: 2712 25: 2198 
  26: 2199 27: 2716 28: 2717 29: 3396 30: 2712 31: 2194 32: 2200 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 
  bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy 
  constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc 
  cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic extd_apicid f16c 
  flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs 
  invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor 
  movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke osvw 
  overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core 
  perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse pse36 rdpid rdpru 
  rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd 
  sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce 
  topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall 
  vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
  STIBP: always-on, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
  v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 0a:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:2208 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam type: USB 
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-1.4:7 chip-ID: 046d:085c 
  class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 109 s-size: 802x342mm (31.6x13.5") 
  s-diag: 872mm (34.3") 
  Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 3440x1440 dpi: 109 size: 798x335mm (31.4x13.2") 
  diag: 865mm (34.1") 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-3: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam type: USB 
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-1.4:7 chip-ID: 046d:085c 
  class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: Antlion Audio Antlion Wireless Microphone type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 5-2:3 chip-ID: 2f96:0100 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.63-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.35 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 05:00.0 
  chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel 
  port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:3 
  chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.68 TiB used: 702.4 GiB (18.6%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB 
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QGXA7 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Sabrent model: N/A size: 1.86 TiB 
  block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: RKT303.4 temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.75 TiB size: 1.72 TiB (98.37%) used: 576.53 GiB (32.7%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4 label: N/A 
  uuid: 1cbcf1c0-ca88-4f96-a451-7bf5a4213134 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3 
  label: NO_LABEL uuid: B1B8-4450 
  ID-3: /media/sabrent raw-size: 1.86 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (98.38%) 
  used: 125.87 GiB (6.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
  label: N/A uuid: 180b9d2d-f865-4b97-8910-1b491928d6b8 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 69.06 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A 
  uuid: 2478544d-3812-4597-866d-e7e8dafb4ea8 
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found. 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-3:2 info: NZXT USB Device type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid 
  interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1e71:2007 
  class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029 
  class-ID: e001 
  Device-3: 1-6:4 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 16mA 
  chip-ID: 0b05:18f3 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-6: 5-1:2 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-1.1:4 info: ZSA Labs ErgoDox EZ Glow type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 3297:4976 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 5-1.2:5 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID 
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c539 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: 5-1.3:6 info: Logitech PowerPlay Wireless Charging System 
  type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 
  rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 498mA chip-ID: 046d:c53a class-ID: 0300 
  Device-4: 5-1.4:7 info: Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam type: Video,Audio 
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:085c class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Device-5: 5-2:3 info: Antlion Audio Antlion Wireless Microphone 
  type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 
  rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 2f96:0100 class-ID: 0300 
  Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 40 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 501 Uptime: 15m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: 1511 pacman: 1503 lib: 431 
  flatpak: 8 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06 

Output of Steam when run from command line:

❯ steam
Running Steam on manjarolinux 21.1.3 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Steam runtime environment up-to-date!
Steam client's requirements are satisfied
WARNING: Using default/fallback debugger launch
/home/jake/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam
[2021-09-21 19:20:09] Startup - updater built Sep 17 2021 04:27:28
[2021-09-21 19:20:09] Opted in to client beta 'publicbeta' via beta file
You are in the 'publicbeta' client beta.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
[2021-09-21 19:20:09] Loading cached metrics from disk (/home/jake/.local/share/Steam/package/steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2021-09-21 19:20:09] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2021-09-21 19:20:09] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2021-09-21 19:20:09] 1. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
[2021-09-21 19:20:09] Verifying installation...
[2021-09-21 19:20:09] Verification complete
Loaded SDL version 2.0.17-6744061
/usr/share/themes/Breath/gtk-2.0/widgets/entry:70: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}'

(steam:3937): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:20:09.418: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
/usr/share/themes/Breath/gtk-2.0/widgets/styles:36: error: invalid string constant "combobox_entry", expected valid string constant
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
Runtime for steamwebhelper: defaulting to /home/jake/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-heavy
+ exec /home/jake/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steam-runtime-heavy.sh --unpack-dir=/home/jake/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64 --runtime=steam-runtime-heavy -- ./steamwebhelper -lang=en_US -cachedir=/home/jake/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steampid=3937 -buildid=1631912732 -steamid=0 -cachedir=/home/jake/.local/share/Steam/config/htmlcache -steamuniverse=Public -realm=Global -clientui=/home/jake/.local/share/Steam/clientui --enable-blink-features=ResizeObserver,Worklet,AudioWorklet --enable-media-stream --enable-smooth-scrolling --password-store=basic --log-file=/home/jake/.local/share/Steam/logs/cef_log.txt --disable-quick-menu
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Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
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CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 0 milliseconds to initialize
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Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
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Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
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Proceed to auto login
No cached credentials
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src/clientdll/cminterface.cpp (2910) : Assertion Failed: m_VecNetAdrNetFilterCMs.Count() > 0
src/clientdll/cminterface.cpp (2910) : Assertion Failed: m_VecNetAdrNetFilterCMs.Count() > 0
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1631912732)
assert_20210921192033_24.dmp[4046]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20210921192033_24.dmp
LogonFailure No Connection
assert_20210921192033_24.dmp[4046]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = yes
assert_20210921192033_24.dmp[4046]: response: CrashID=bp-810c8248-58b2-457d-aac2-9259b2210921
assert_20210921192033_24.dmp[4046]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20210921192033_24.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-810c8248-58b2-457d-aac2-9259b2210921''
src/clientdll/cminterface.cpp (2910) : Assertion Failed: m_VecNetAdrNetFilterCMs.Count() > 0
src/clientdll/cminterface.cpp (2910) : Assertion Failed: m_VecNetAdrNetFilterCMs.Count() > 0
LogonFailure No Connection
^C^C^C^Csrc/clientdll/cminterface.cpp (2910) : Assertion Failed: m_VecNetAdrNetFilterCMs.Count() > 0
src/clientdll/cminterface.cpp (2910) : Assertion Failed: m_VecNetAdrNetFilterCMs.Count() > 0
LogonFailure No Connection
Exiting workitem thread

(steam:3937): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:21:50.988: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(steam:3937): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 19:21:50.989: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(steam:3937): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:21:50.989: g_signal_handlers_disconnect_matched: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(steam:3937): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:21:50.989: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
[2021-09-21 19:21:51] Shutdown

Things I have tried:

  1. Running steam --reset to reset my user and login. Had no effect.
  2. Changing my DNS resolution. Set them to google at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
  3. Install lib32-systemd
  4. Installing the flatpak version of Steam and running it (same issue)
  5. Enabling sudo systemctl enable --now nscd.service
  6. I have reset my machine after the above steps with no effect.

If you want any additional info let me know. Just to clarify, this is not the black screen issue where you need to enable the Steam beta…I can’t even log in!

I was logged into Steam just fine last night. I have not made any system changes or updates today.

Well hot damn…at least I’m not alone.
Ty @omano

Usually it take 5 minutes to get back online (the maintenance is every week at same time if you never noticed), it’s been 2+ hours for some countries now. Play offline for now, or use a VPN to switch to a working country.

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