Remote Play no longer working since latest Steam update

[Lemon]

Since the last update remote play was not working well (some games wouldn't launch) so I uninstalled steam on the remote PC, reinstalled, and now I get the following any time I click on a remote game, even without trying to launch it

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Error Reference: Library_7668455_5f24d6ddd9f44727
Cannot read property 'TakeFocus' of undefined

I saw one other person asked about this on Reddit 13 hours ago, so I'm not alone.

Anyone here run into this issue? Did you find a workaround?

Edit: Found a workaround in another post. Launch the game from big picture mode (apparently only helps Windows users).

[Suspicious Lego]

Big picture mode workaround doesn't work for me

[gar_krol]

Yeah. Sadly Big Picture doesn't work for me too on OS X 10.11.6

[eskeleto trompeta]

everyday it passes mac users get more troubles to run steam :(

[Lemon]

Big Picture mode got the game to launch for me on Windows, but the connection was extremely poor with huge lag spikes. There may be more to the Remote Play issue than this UI error, or this could just be something I've done while messing around in Steam settings on the host.

In the ticket I opened, the support person said the dev team is aware and it should be fixed in the next update.

[gar_krol]

Thank you very much for the update and good news!

[ChiasaChan]

Same problem, on the PC I stream to (it cannot run the game on its own) I pressed STREAM and then the game starts on the host PC but nothing happens on the client. The button changes from STREAM to CONNECT but it won't connect.

The other way around trying to stream another game TO the host PC I get the "Cannot read property 'TakeFocus' of undefined" error popup.

Big picture mode does not help in either case.

[Bad Ping And Vibes]

Yeah I submitted a support ticket for this almost 2 days ago and haven't gotten a response yet, it's happening on both of my client machines, showing the information about streaming and then showing the same error message. Really hoping it gets fixed soon so I can game in bed or when I'm not home

[gar_krol]

I've got a following response from support:

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue. Unfortunately, I do not have a fix for you at this time.

Along with reports submitted directly to Support, the Steam team uses a number of community sources to help investigate the frequency and severity of issues like this. These issues are continually being addressed through Steam Updates. Support does not provide any information on upcoming or planned fixes.

If you haven't done so already, please also try opting into the Steam Client Beta and if the issue persists then I would encourage you to submit it in our Remote Play Bug Reports section as this is actively read by the Valve development team.

Again, I am sorry that we do not have a fix for you at this time but if you have any other unrelated help requests that we can assist you with, please let us know.

I've tried to use Steam client beta, but with the same results

[ChiasaChan]

The "I would encourage you to submit it in our Remote Play Bug Reports section" is funny because when I went to the support area there was nothing like that. There are only very specific sections which all do not apply at all, and no possibility to choose something like "My problem is not listed" or "Other issue".

[gar_krol]

There was a link in this message
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/1/

[ChiasaChan]

omg they hide a bug report place in a STEAM GROUP that you have to join to be able to do so >< Geeeez

[gar_krol]

Yeah. That seems a bit odd

[Why do you CUМ?]

thanks, your post helped me with this problem

[l4stw1sh]

Not lying big pic mode worked on me

[ChiasaChan]

Originally posted by 800x600 RacoN BAbA:

Not lying big pic mode worked on me

The normal way already works again too, they seem to have fixed it meanwhile.