Steam needs to be online to update. [BUG]
Steam - Fatal Error
Steam needs to be online to update . Please confirm your network connection and try again.

I use an android phone via a USB cable and USB tethering mode , every other software works fine with Internet except STEAM , I know my account is low level and that means no Support from steam but just search the error on gogle and see how much sorcery you should done to pass the error , yesterday steam was working fine for me but it seems like the update ruins every thing not even those sorcery work !
I have done all of the fixes below from thegeekpage but no luck this time ! ( it was corrupted in past but i managed to fix it )

Fix 1 – Change DNS settings and Reset Network
Fix 2 – Change Steam Compatibility Settings
Fix 3 – Turn Off Windows Firewall
Fix 4 – Delete Steam Files
Fix 4 – Changes in Registry
Fix 5 – Add -tcp parameter to Steam Shortcut
Fix 6 – Turn Off Proxy
Fix 7 – Change the DNS Settings
Fix 8 – Set Automatic Startup for Steam Client Service
Fix 9 – Reset Network Configurations
Fix 10 – Edit Hosts File
Fix 11 – Reinstall Steam

please somebody help me !
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Rogatus Aug 28, 2023 @ 6:34am 
Having the same problem, also done all of that and nothing
76561198879030673 Aug 28, 2023 @ 9:46am 
sorry for bringing this up ,I mean im a free user ( didn't have money to put in gaming so far ) i can't like, send a link, nothing, but the fact is that i didn't get any support here , but my brothers have bought tons of games ...
also for further explanation i must say that my PC does had a second network adapter which i already disabled and then uninstalled thru device manager so there is only one network adapter left but still i get the error .
also i have noticed two different stuff that i want to share , when i did have two network adapters on windows ( one of them was motherboard ethernet adapter without anything attached to and the other my USB phone ethernet ) i noticed inside taskmanager performance tab the ethernet does not show anything but internet is working with everything back to the network connections in windows i have found an option called bridge networks , i did bridge mb ethernet with phone ethernet then now i have activity in task manager prf tab , and when i tried to open a fresh install of steam i get a bluescreen i guess steam is messing with drivers somehow .
then i decided to remove everything and uninstal that extra ethernet completely so i left with one network adapter in which the error persists .
then i tried to run steam with default settings and no DNS changes in the network adapter and error immediately has shown but i have noticed with the DNS set to 8.8.8.8 the error will shown in a minute then i checked my comodo antivirus firewall to track the traffic and i seen when the DNS is set to 8.8.8.8 steam will get like 66 kb data sent and 66 kb data recieved ( i tested every thing without antivirus so ...) im literally confused and i guess no one cares the issue while every one is fighting about win 7 , sir i can't play with win 10
76561198879030673 Aug 29, 2023 @ 7:41am 
NO WAY ! the problem has fixed , i just had to change the USB port which i put it first !!! i just changed the USB port in the case , also did a little bit trouble shooting with windows , idk if it was the steam server issues ...
here is the error log from steam program :

[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Startup - updater built Mar 15 2022 17:15:38
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] 1. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Verifying installation...
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Unable to read and verify install manifest D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\package\steam_client_win32.installed
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Verification complete
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Downloading update...
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Checking for available updates...
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Downloading manifest: http://media.steampowered.com/client/steam_client_win32
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Download failed: http error 0 {LINK REMOVED}
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] DownloadManifest - exhausted list of download hosts
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] failed to load manifest from buffer.
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Failed to load manifest
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Error: Download failed: http error 0
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Saving metrics to disk (D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\package\steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-08-28 16:39:50] Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again.
[2023-08-28 16:39:54] Shutdown


[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Startup - updater built Mar 15 2022 17:15:38
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Loading cached metrics from disk (D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\package\steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Failed to load cached hosts file (File 'update_hosts_cached.vdf' not found), using defaults
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Using the following download hosts for Public, Realm steamglobal
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] 1. http://media.steampowered.com, /client/, Realm 'steamglobal', weight was 1, source = 'baked in'
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Verifying installation...
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Unable to read and verify install manifest D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\package\steam_client_win32.installed
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Verification complete
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Downloading update...
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Checking for available updates...
[2023-08-28 16:41:42] Downloading manifest: http://media.steampowered.com/client/steam_client_win32
[2023-08-28 16:42:42] Download failed: http error 0 {LINK REMOVED}
[2023-08-28 16:42:42] DownloadManifest - exhausted list of download hosts
[2023-08-28 16:42:42] failed to load manifest from buffer.
[2023-08-28 16:42:42] Failed to load manifest
[2023-08-28 16:42:42] Error: Download failed: http error 0
[2023-08-28 16:42:42] Saving metrics to disk (D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\package\steam_client_metrics.bin)
[2023-08-28 16:42:42] Error: Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again.
[2023-08-28 16:42:45] Shutdown
Rogatus Aug 29, 2023 @ 2:54pm 
Fixed it! I uninstalled and reinstalled my antivirus (switching it off wasn't enough apparently) I added again steam as a trusted app and it worked! I have kaspersky
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Date Posted: Aug 27, 2023 @ 11:45am
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