steam chat seems to be broken….again

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

keeps saying there was a problem logging you in… anyone else know what to do?? restarted the app 4 times cant even connect seeing friends in chat.

[KripTed]

Same.

[lord i]

same, Can't connect voice chats getting:

(WebRTC) setRemoteDescription success
(VoiceChat) Mic input below threshold, cutting output.
(VoiceChat) Still trying to connect to voice chat/webrtc InitiatedWebRTCSession(5) 2001ms
....
(VoiceChat) Failure! Gave up after more than one minute trying to connect, last state was InitiatedWebRTCSession(5)
(VoiceChat) Still trying to connect to voice chat/webrtc None(0) 60007ms elapsed...
(WebRTC) Mic Stream went inactive: inactive
(VoiceChat) Left chat room (XXX) voice chat

[stevegee]

Got same message been getting it all last night and still the same this morning

[lord i]

I think i solved the issue, worked on two windows 7 PCs

First via admin on Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security program:
- Outbound rules
- New rule add > port > add 27014 through 27020 > allow all connections

Then under Windows Security program > Firewall & Network protection > Allow an App through Firewall > Change Settings > Allow Another App
Add the following programs from your steam install folder:
- streaming_client (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam)
- steamservice (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin)
- steamwebhelper (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7x64) (this may likely have already been added, if given error message of program already added, then ignore and move on to the next one.)
- If exists, steamwebhelper (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7)

Notice: Unsure if both streaming_client & steamservice are required, but initial attempt with both worked


Once that's done go back to Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security program
- inbound rules
- all the prior programs we added will now be listed
- now enable each one (there may be multiple for the same one, enable all) via right click so that they each have the green check


Now quit steam and restart computer, now try steam voice chat, should work

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

idk if its… mostly pc but steamdeck mac & linux have this issue as well any idea how to fix those?

[lord i]

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idk if its… mostly pc but steamdeck mac & linux have this issue as well any idea how to fix those?

unfortunately, not. so far it seems the approach works well with win7 but not win11. Could be an extra step involved for win11. more people are reporting this issue here:

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/3/7203035958218786671

i dont have a linux or mac, but i assume this approach might work using the tools available on mac/linux that serve a similar purpose.

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

not using windows but ill try in a different forum thx tho

update seems to be fixed for me… but still buggy

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

seems like its a valve server issue between 10 pm & morning chat is bugged reinstalling the app only works for a few minutes then stuck on log in error

[lord i]

yeah i experinced that too, thankfully those permission changes are still working consistently

[Lil Pretty]

Same here.. its third day of login error.. this app sucks

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

and still nothing…. idk why i bother thinking valve will fix this

[アキウアラ]

It is always been like that, I dunno why the steam devs. doesn't fix it.