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Steam Deck hangs on reboot after download interruption; subsequent boots stuck at Steam Deck logo
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Description
Steam Deck LCD 256 GB
SteamOS 3.8.16
Kernel 6.16.12
Steam version 1785187029
The system lost Wi-Fi because my internet connection went out while several games were downloading. After the connection dropped, the downloads stopped. I attempted to restart the downloads, but Steam reported there was no internet connection.
I then selected Restart from the power menu. During the reboot, the system froze. After waiting 10ishminutes, I forced the Deck to power off. On every subsequent boot, it became stuck on the Steam Deck logo and would not continue booting.
Multiple forced restarts did not resolve the issue. The only successful recovery was performing a complete SteamOS reimage.
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No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by investigating the SteamOS reboot and boot path around interrupted downloads on SteamOS 3.8.16 with kernel 6.16.12, comparing the failed boots with the successful SteamOS reimage recovery. Done means identifying a reproducible cause and a verified fix for the post-reboot logo hang.
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- linux
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- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3-5 days
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