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Steam News9 June 202616d ago

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We have updated the Steam client startup flow to improve reliability on slower or unstable network connections. The client now waits longer and retries automatically before showing a connection timeout screen.

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changedWe have updated the Steam client startup flow to improve reliability on slower or unstable network connections.
changedThe client now waits longer and retries automatically before showing a connection timeout screen. This should reduce cases where the game briefly fails to open even though the server is available.

We have updated the Steam client startup flow to improve reliability on slower or unstable network connections.

The client now waits longer and retries automatically before showing a connection timeout screen. This should reduce cases where the game briefly fails to open even though the server is available.

If you still see a connection timeout after this update, please press Retry or restart the client.

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Steam News / 9 June 2026

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