Cant login to steam client

[JohCar]

I cant login to steam client..errors and errors..

Using 2FA.

Only me?

[MisterXYZ]

I'm having the same issue, as is a friend, haven't found anyone else yet with the issue but everyone I spoke with was already signed in for a while at the time and nobody is risking signing out or closing the client after I mentioned the problem.

[xRaiden]

Same problem, tryed already every possible fixes... nothing works.

[JohCar]

Same with my other accounts so not too much games this time

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

I was able to log into Steam client and run some games like 5-6 hours ago, a bit after that I was unable to run any games in my library and then tried restarting the computer and am now unable to log in to my account at all (it's just hanging on the log-in banner when you click to start Steam).

Hopefully, this will be fixed soon as I see it's not affecting everyone, I see people on my friend's list that are online and playing games, as with random people.

This is probably an issue introduced to Steam because of the Chinese New Year's sale (and maybe event), if so this could take hours to figure out and get fixed.

[sine nobilitate]

The same problem.
I had to restart the Steam client, because before that I could not start playing DotA, now after the restart there is an endless login to the account. Even after restarting my PC

[Lucas]

Same problem here :(

[Thijminecraft02]

same issue.

[Seb]

same issue

[Wolf of the Night]

Same problem, reinstalled steam to see if that would fix it but actually made it worse. Now I can't even login, lol

[Kijame]

I've struggled with this all afternoon (almost 4 hours now) as well and went over plenty of guides and help topics, nothing worked. Just yesterday around this time, everything went well. On the device I normally use, I re-installed steam and also did follow the tip of deleting everything but the .exe as well as the steamapps and userdata folders. Now I successfully login with 2FA (sometimes tried generated code, sometimes tried outright approval via the app) but while I watch the steam logo go in circles, nothing happens. On another device where no changes occured, I'm permanently locked in "Connecting to steam account:" window (which was happened on my main before I did the reinstall and cache delete).

I can log into the store and community on browser just fine, but the client is on strike. Steam has permission with my firewall since the first installation and I even switched to a different router but no dice. And of course first thing I checked was if maybe steam is down, which it was not. So I guess I'll stick around this thread in the hopes something happens. :(

EDIT
My sister, same household, same internet, can login and play on steam just fine btw. I just don't know what to try anymore. My account has had no notifications of any bans or anything and since I just logged in successfully to reply to here I do reckon it's solely a client issue, but alas. Rip any of my daily tasks in games I guess.

I'm almost a bit worried about all my (albeit successful) login attempts in a short time getting me false flagged.

[Thijminecraft02]

It is most likely that Valve accidently created a bug that is preventing users with large libraries from logging in. Hopefully they will finish it in 2 days.

[Geon]

Same issue, in the morning I logged into Steam without any problems and played the game for a couple of hours.

The problem, apparently, has only affected those who use a mobile authenticator, because logging in with a code from the mail works perfectly.

[Kijame]

Originally posted by Thijminecraft02:

It is most likely that Valve accidently created a bug that is preventing users with large libraries from logging in. Hopefully they will finish it in 2 days.

You could be on to something about the games count. Most profiles posting in this thread have around 2k+ or even 10k+ games. My sis had maybe like 6 but is able to use my library as per family sharing.

Fingers crossed they sort it out. I was gonna spend the time after work relaxing but here I was fussing and stressing instead @_@

Originally posted by Geon:

Same issue, in the morning I logged into Steam without any problems and played the game for a couple of hours.

The problem, apparently, has only affected those who use a mobile authenticator, because logging in with a code from the mail works perfectly.

I have tried using the code from the authenticator too. I was considering a password reset even. Rough. But perhaps another piece to the puzzle if the mobile users are affected.

[MisterXYZ]

Just submitted a support ticket since it's been over 14 hours for me now, if I get any useful information I'll post it here.

[Moltavis]

Hi mates, same problem since almost 12 hours :(.
Also use 2FA with the App.
See the logo go in circles like the user above.
Hope they fix that quick, or give a workaround...