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steamwebhelper causes memory leak shortly after opening game
- Steam client version: Wed, Jun 19 01:39 UTC -08:00
- Distribution: Fedora Linux 40
- Opted into Steam client beta?: No
- Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
- Steam Logs:
/home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/ /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/bootstrap_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/systemperfmanager.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/systemdockmanager.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/systemaudiomanager.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/systemmanager.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/systemdisplaymanager.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/transport_steamui.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_system.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_update.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/controller_ui.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_html.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/controller.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/remote_connections.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/parental_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/text_filter_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/timedtrial_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/sitelicense_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/cef_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/inventory_service_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/steamui.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/transport_client.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/stats_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/stats_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_audio.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/steamui_audio.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/appinfo_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/appinfo_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/librarysharing_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/workshop_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/workshop_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/client_networkmanager.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/client_networkmanager.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/connection_log_27015.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/configstore_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/configstore_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/connection_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/connection_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/content_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/content_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/compat_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/compat_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/steamwebhelper.log /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/connection_log_0.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/connection_log_0.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/shader_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/shader_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/console-linux.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper-linux.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/streaming_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/cloud_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/cloud_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/console_log.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/console_log.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper.previous.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/webhelper.txt /home/yoavm/.steam/steam/logs/cef_log.txt
- GPU: Integrated Intel Graphics
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
When I just open steam the memory usage is fine, but when I open a game (In this case Half-Life 2) steamwebhelper starts using more and more memory until the whole computer freezes for a few seconds and the system automatically kills steam. I used to be able to fix it by turning off GPU acceleration for web views but that doesn't work anymore. This apparently was able to fixed by opening steam by running steam -no-browser
but according to the Valve Developer Community this parameter was deprecated. This issue seems to have existed for a really long time, and removing the way to "fix" it certainly isn't helpful.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
- Open Steam
- Launch game
- Wait a few minutes (This step being sped up by loading screens)