Steam Cloud Sync Issues

[Sefiroth]

Hello!

I'm having a problem with Steam Cloud Sync. For the past few weeks, Satisfactory has been stuck on "Sync/Upload" in the cloud status for a very long time. Sometimes for 10 minutes, sometimes for hours. In the Steam library, there's a "Cloud Error" icon next to Satisfactory. Eventually, it switches to "Up to Date" and I can finally start Satisfactory. I don't understand what's going on. The only recent change I made was switching from Windows 10 to 11 Pro (a complete reinstall, not an upgrade). Has anyone experienced this issue?

I already had the game checked for errors, and I’ve also significantly reduced the number of savegames. Although in the past, I had many more and larger savegames—without any cloud issues. My internet connection shouldn't be a problem either. I have fiber and 300 Mbit up/down.

Best regards,
Andre

[Dark Elf]

That's a steam issue - nothing to do with Satisfactory. I would check the number of saves you have; things like that.

If I remember right, when that happened to me. I picked one computer; turned off cloud syncs - started the game, saved and then exited - let the sync happen. Repeat on every computer.... (EDIT: It happened on BG3 for me.... After I had reset my computer.

EDIT 2: This hasn't happened to me since I started using OneDrive - though could be coincidence.... But, I created a folder for each computer (main, secondary, gamer, gamer-old, etc...) - then added a documents and desktop folder in each one. Then on each of those computers, I pointed OneDrive to each individual folder (based on the machine). After that, I created a hard symbolic link for certain folders (like my saves for satisfactory (and BG3, Dragon Dogma 2, Soulmask, etc....) so everything is not only backed up with the Steam cloud - it's backed up on OneDrive as well....)

[Zak]

And whatever you do, backup your saves, because if Steam Cloud is freaking out there is a risk of losing saves.

[Sefiroth]

I don't know why, but it solves itself... I tried many tipps, but nothing worked. The only change I've maid was playing once with enabled VPN. But I don't think this was the solution. Perhaps I've missed the installation of an steam update after boot, which fixed the issue.

Thank you for your help!

[twifight]

Probably unrelated, but steam syncs will fail if your computer's clock is not set to the correct date/time.