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Non-steam games/apps not launching through steam ?

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
linux

Research direction

Reproduce the failure in SteamOS Gaming Mode with a non-Steam Flatpak or installed game, then compare it with launching the same app from the desktop. Check the Steam client and SteamOS behavior around update 20260925.101; done means non-Steam apps launch from Gaming Mode instead of returning to the Play button without an error.

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Description

Your system information
  • Device: Legion go 2 Z2E
  • Steam client version: 1790380355
  • SteamOS version: 3.9.2
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes]
  • Opted into SteamOS beta?: [Yes]
  • Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: [Yes]
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
  • I'm trying trying to launch non steam apps in gaming mode, like usual. Today nothing launch, either flatpaks like stremio, vacuumtube from discovery or non-steam games i've intalled myself.
  • I press the play button, says launching for a few seconds before returning back to play, without any error message. It was working fine yesterday night.
  • I applied the lastest update this morning (20260925.101), thinking it was gonna help, but no luck.
  • I also tried reinstalled them, but i get the issue.
  • launching them as they are in desktop, without going steam works fine.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
  1. I press play to launch a non-steam game/apps in gaming mode.
  2. Launching for a few seconds before halting
  3. launching goes back to play and nothing happens.
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