Official patch notes for Steam & Steam Deck from Valve, published on Steam on October 6, 2026.
We have just shipped an updated Steam Client to the Preview/Beta channel.
General
Fix cases where users with older CPUs could have the client hang/crash when starting downloads for games with many identical files
Fix desktop shortcuts always using the default launch option rather than your saved option
Fix some cases where the onscreen keyboard would drop presses during dual trackpad typing
Fix the diacritic options menu interactions during dual trackpad typing
Steam Input
- Added a landing page to the configurator when no file on disk could be loaded and give you the option to select a new configuration. This was one of the causes of a blank configurator
- Improve the display of cloud sync status in the configurator and give you the option to skip and proceed to the configurator. This was another common cause of a blank configuration because the layout was broken and the info offscreen.
- Fix pairing the 2015 Steam Controller
- FIxed glyphs for Switch controllers in Heavy Rain
Remote Play
- The adjust bitrate option of the network health dialog behaves more intuitively
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