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nian 25 Jul @ 1:55am
Notifications are broken / invisible if Steam is minimized / hidden
ISSUE
If Steam is minimized (to taskbar) or hidden (closed to tray), then Steam Notifications on the desktop will either be broken (empty notification without text or icons) or completely invisible.

Opening the Steam window while any notification should be shown immediately makes the notification appear correctly, until it naturally disappears after a few seconds. This also means that this issue only happens if Steam is minimized / hidden to tray. Simply having Steam open will prevent this issue from happening. This issue does not affect notifications in-game. This issue only happens in the beta version.

OS
Windows 10

STEPS
- Start the download of a game
- Minimize the Steam client
- Wait until the notification should appear (listen for the notification sound)
- See if the notification actually appears

RESULTS
The notification does not appear at all (completely invisible). Only the sound can be heard.
Sometimes the notification popup appears partially empty (no text, placeholder icons).

EXPECTED
Any notification should appear without issues, even if Steam is minimized or closed.
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enknown 26 Jul @ 1:07pm 
I have the same bug. Same OS.
Win 10 same bug. Notifications have invisible text. Background and friend image is visible but the text is not.
If you click it you can see the text for a fraction of a second as the chat windows appear.
Last edited by Sh4rkill3r; 27 Jul @ 8:37pm
Now i got a notification that even the image didnt load.
https://i.ibb.co/cKBNXQBY/image.png
same issue here on Windows 11
Same problem
Originally posted by Sh4rkill3r:
Now i got a notification that even the image didnt load.
https://i.ibb.co/cKBNXQBY/image.png

Originally posted by eP1cK-:
same issue here on Windows 11

Originally posted by Grenka:
Same problem

Do you also see this with other notifications (e.g. download complete, discussion replies)?
Or only chat / friend notifications?
Originally posted by nian:
Do you also see this with other notifications (e.g. download complete, discussion replies)?
Or only chat / friend notifications?
Yes, i just did a quick test installing RPG maker and record the result:

Steam minimized to taskbar: (invisible text, the moment I unminize the steam window, the text show)
https://streamable.com/yxo0ro

Steam closed to tray: (invisible notificacion until i open steam window and it show)
https://streamable.com/8kpiud

Steam not minimized: (work as intended)
https://streamable.com/g5fp2s
Originally posted by Sh4rkill3r:
Originally posted by nian:
Do you also see this with other notifications (e.g. download complete, discussion replies)?
Or only chat / friend notifications?
Yes, i just did a quick test installing RPG maker and record the result:

Steam minimized to taskbar: (invisible text, the moment I unminize the steam window, the text show)
https://streamable.com/yxo0ro

Steam closed to tray: (invisible notificacion until i open steam window and it show)
https://streamable.com/8kpiud

Steam not minimized: (work as intended)
https://streamable.com/g5fp2s

Perfect. Thanks for the documentation.
Let's hope Valve will fix this issue quickly.
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