My mini avatar turned into a question mark?

[Oh The Folly]

This randomly happened one day on Steam Deck in game mode and the Steam client in desktop mode. The little avatar image in the top right of the Steam client (just to the left of your username) became a question mark and has stayed that way since. It's been several weeks.

I thought it was a weird problem with my Steam Deck, but I logged into Steam on a borrowed laptop today and the Steam client is showing a question mark for my avatar there too. It's happening on more than one device.

Nowhere else does my avatar show up as a question mark, just the really small version I described. Realistically it's not a major thing but it's genuinely starting to bug me every time I have the Steam client open or am in game mode on the Deck.

Does anyone have any ideas what's going on here? I've never heard of anything like this. It just seems random and strange.

[Nick]

I’ve got the same exact issue, driving me crazy

[Wren]

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