Pausing download then shutdown

[Inigo Montoya]

Does it restart from the beginning after i pause and shutdown my pc or should it continue where it left off.

I had sometimes where it continued and sometimes where it just restarted idk the difference

[Lithurge]

In theory it shouldn't restart it, people have reported not exiting steam through the exit option
before a restart causes the issue.

However one sure trigger is where the game receives an update between you initiating the download and restarting it. The download file doesn't match so Steam starts it all over again.