Steam constantly "updating" itself
Ever since the 3.0 update, or at least shortly after it, Steam seems to always believe there is a Steam client update to install. In game mode, it shows the "update available" icon even when there is no Bazzite update to install; if I click to install the update, it "installs" instantly and triggers a Steam client restart. Similarly, every time I switch to desktop mode, Steam pops up with an "installing update" window which also "finishes" almost instantly. Based on this behavior, I have to guess that there is no actual update to install and that Steam is bugged in thinking that there is.
This is not a huge issue as I can just safely ignore it and Steam still runs fine, but I figured you all might want to know about it anyway!
This is not a huge issue as I can just safely ignore it and Steam still runs fine, but I figured you all might want to know about it anyway!
Solution
Interesting - when I ran steam from the terminal, the update window came up as usual but this time it functioned normally, actually taking a few seconds to download and apply an update, progress bar and all. Then when I switched back to gaming mode I confirmed that the "update available" indicator no longer appears and manually checking for an update reports that I am up to date. So it seems like the problem is resolved - not sure why running from the terminal made any difference, but evidently it did. Thanks!
