[GH-ISSUE #4713] [Bug]: vhserver update error "[ FAIL ] Updating vhserver: Checking remote build: SteamCMD" #2927

https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/4588#issuecomment-2514955795

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Originally created by @historical-theology on GitHub (Dec 9, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/4713

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Fresh Valheim server installation with LinuxGSM in Debian 12. Running ./vhserver update yields this error message.

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Valheim

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Debian 12

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command: update

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This issue was just mentioned in a separate issue thread by @jaumebecks:

It is not isolated to my own setup.

Relevant log output

[ FAIL ] Updating vhserver: Checking remote build: SteamCMD

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Originally created by @historical-theology on GitHub (Dec 9, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/4713 ### User story Fresh Valheim server installation with LinuxGSM in Debian 12. Running ./vhserver update yields this error message. ### Game Valheim ### Linux distro Debian 12 ### Command command: update ### Further information This issue was just mentioned in a separate issue thread by @jaumebecks: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/4588#issuecomment-2514955795 It is not isolated to my own setup. ### Relevant log output ```shell [ FAIL ] Updating vhserver: Checking remote build: SteamCMD ``` ### Steps to reproduce _No response_

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@Aquato commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2024):

The same here.
On Satisfactory Server.
It is not necessarily the update function, as the check for update function is also affected and is certainly part of the update function.
The Steam version cannot be accessed, it seems.

@Aquato commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2024): The same here. On Satisfactory Server. It is not necessarily the update function, as the check for update function is also affected and is certainly part of the update function. The Steam version cannot be accessed, it seems.

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@irobot73 commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2024):

Same for most of the servers I run (PW, PZ, VH, SDTD).

Simply run SteamCMD manually & seems to work as expected

steam_upd.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
/app/*server stop
steamcmd +runscript /data/steamcmd.txt
/app/*server start

steamcmd.txt

force_install_dir /data/serverfiles
login anonymous 

// https://steamdb.info/app/{Steam_Dedi_Id}
//app_update {Steam_Dedi_Id} validate //-beta latest_experimental //{depot_id}

quit

@irobot73 commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2024): Same for most of the servers I run (PW, PZ, VH, SDTD). Simply run SteamCMD manually & seems to work as expected steam_upd.sh ``` #!/usr/bin/env bash /app/*server stop steamcmd +runscript /data/steamcmd.txt /app/*server start ``` steamcmd.txt ``` force_install_dir /data/serverfiles login anonymous // https://steamdb.info/app/{Steam_Dedi_Id} //app_update {Steam_Dedi_Id} validate //-beta latest_experimental //{depot_id} quit ```

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@Aquato commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2024):

If you address the server with the parameter fu "force update" it also works manually. But it's all inconvenient and takes time.

@Aquato commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2024): If you address the server with the parameter fu "force update" it also works manually. But it's all inconvenient and takes time.

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@majorpdd commented on GitHub (Dec 12, 2024):

Same here for insurgency server

@majorpdd commented on GitHub (Dec 12, 2024): Same here for insurgency server

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@freaky-m0 commented on GitHub (Dec 13, 2024):

It seems to me that steamcmd no longer provides the necessary information.

vhserver@gameserver:~$ steamcmd +login user password +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print 896660 +quit
Redirecting stderr to '/home/vhserver/.local/share/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
Logging directory: '/home/vhserver/.local/share/Steam/logs'
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
UpdateUI: skip show logoSteam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1733269577
-- type 'quit' to exit --
Loading Steam API...OK
Logging in using username/password.
Logging in user '15_tatsache' [U:1:123456789] to Steam Public...OK
Waiting for client config...OK
Waiting for user info...OK
No app info for AppID 896660 found, requesting...
vhserver@gameserver:~$

From lgsm/modules/core_steamcmd.sh // fn_update_steamcmd_remotebuild():

remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

From log/steam/appinfo_log.txt:

[2024-12-13 21:14:03] Client version: 1733269577
[2024-12-13 21:14:03] ThreadedReadFromDisk: loading appinfo cache from: /home/vhserver/.local/share/Steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf
[2024-12-13 21:14:03] ThreadedReadFromDisk: header version: 0x7564429
[2024-12-13 21:14:03] ThreadedReadFromDisk: apps updated: 181
[2024-12-13 21:14:03] CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 5 milliseconds to initialize
[2024-12-13 21:14:05] RequestAppInfoUpdate: AppIDs 7
[2024-12-13 21:14:06] Change number 26635879->26635881, apps: 0/2, packages: 0/0
[2024-12-13 21:14:06] Requesting 2 apps, 0 packages (meta data, 1024 prev attempts, expected 0 KB)
[2024-12-13 21:14:06] GetValidPlatforms: skipping platform entry  macos for app 18010
[2024-12-13 21:14:06] Requested 1 app access tokens, 0 received, 1 denied
[2024-12-13 21:14:06] UpdatesJob: finished OK, apps updated 0 (0 KB), packages updated 0 (0 KB)

@freaky-m0 commented on GitHub (Dec 13, 2024): It seems to me that steamcmd no longer provides the necessary information. ``` vhserver@gameserver:~$ steamcmd +login user password +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print 896660 +quit Redirecting stderr to '/home/vhserver/.local/share/Steam/logs/stderr.txt' Logging directory: '/home/vhserver/.local/share/Steam/logs' [ 0%] Checking for available updates... [----] Verifying installation... UpdateUI: skip show logoSteam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1733269577 -- type 'quit' to exit -- Loading Steam API...OK Logging in using username/password. Logging in user '15_tatsache' [U:1:123456789] to Steam Public...OK Waiting for client config...OK Waiting for user info...OK No app info for AppID 896660 found, requesting... vhserver@gameserver:~$ ``` From `lgsm/modules/core_steamcmd.sh` // `fn_update_steamcmd_remotebuild()`: ``` remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]') ``` From `log/steam/appinfo_log.txt`: ``` [2024-12-13 21:14:03] Client version: 1733269577 [2024-12-13 21:14:03] ThreadedReadFromDisk: loading appinfo cache from: /home/vhserver/.local/share/Steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf [2024-12-13 21:14:03] ThreadedReadFromDisk: header version: 0x7564429 [2024-12-13 21:14:03] ThreadedReadFromDisk: apps updated: 181 [2024-12-13 21:14:03] CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 5 milliseconds to initialize [2024-12-13 21:14:05] RequestAppInfoUpdate: AppIDs 7 [2024-12-13 21:14:06] Change number 26635879->26635881, apps: 0/2, packages: 0/0 [2024-12-13 21:14:06] Requesting 2 apps, 0 packages (meta data, 1024 prev attempts, expected 0 KB) [2024-12-13 21:14:06] GetValidPlatforms: skipping platform entry macos for app 18010 [2024-12-13 21:14:06] Requested 1 app access tokens, 0 received, 1 denied [2024-12-13 21:14:06] UpdatesJob: finished OK, apps updated 0 (0 KB), packages updated 0 (0 KB) ```

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024):

It seems to me that steamcmd no longer provides the necessary information.

We can confidently say that the old way does not work. I do not think you can blanketly judge "that steamcmd no longer provides the necessary information". Perhaps it changed, or perhaps the devloper need to come with an alternate way of doing this to fix the issue. For example we can see that this latest build id number is still publicly available here: https://steamdb.info/app/1690800/depots/?branch=public (I'm giving the satisfactory example, because this is the game server I have problems with) so it would be reasonable to assume there are working ways to retreive it.

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024): > It seems to me that steamcmd no longer provides the necessary information. We can confidently say that the old way does not work. I do not think you can blanketly judge "that steamcmd no longer provides the necessary information". Perhaps it changed, or perhaps the devloper need to come with an alternate way of doing this to fix the issue. For example we can see that this latest build id number is still publicly available here: <https://steamdb.info/app/1690800/depots/?branch=public> (I'm giving the satisfactory example, because this is the game server I have problems with) so it would be reasonable to assume there are working ways to retreive it.

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024):

Related: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11521 FWIW, the app info steamcmd command does work with an authenticated account (if you jump through the steam guard / 2FA hoops) and it does work with a game server token (you need to have the game registered to the account in question). The latter may be a practical way to fix this, but that requires lgsm code changes as it cannot authenticate via those tokens at the moment. Turned out I got that last bit wrong and probably was using cached credentials instead when it worked.

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024): Related: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11521 FWIW, the app info steamcmd command does work with an authenticated account (if you jump through the steam guard / 2FA hoops) ~~and it does work with a [game server token](https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers) (you need to have the game registered to the account in question). The latter may be a practical way to fix this, but that requires lgsm code changes as it cannot authenticate via those tokens at the moment.~~ *Turned out I got that last bit wrong and probably was using cached credentials instead when it worked.*

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@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024):

We were hoping that once they completed the updates to the various appid's it would settle down. Its appears that is not the case

@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024): We were hoping that once they completed the updates to the various appid's it would settle down. Its appears that is not the case

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@freaky-m0 commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024):

...I do not think you can blanketly judge "that steamcmd no longer provides the necessary information". Perhaps it changed, or perhaps the devloper need to come with an alternate way of doing this to fix the issue...

I just wanted to say that this is the reason why it fails: An output from Steamcmd is missing. It is of course clear that there can be many reasons for this or different solutions. It should just help to understand/find the cause

Thanks for linking the related issue :)

@freaky-m0 commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2024): > ...I do not think you can blanketly judge "that steamcmd no longer provides the necessary information". Perhaps it changed, or perhaps the devloper need to come with an alternate way of doing this to fix the issue... I just wanted to say that this is the reason why it fails: An output from Steamcmd is missing. It is of course clear that there can be many reasons for this or different solutions. It should just help to understand/find the cause Thanks for linking the related issue :)

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@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2024):

I would rather not have to go down the route of LinuxGSM having to use logins to get the info moving forward. It is still not clear what the solution is moving forward. If anyone has any success getting appid info without requiring login please let us know

@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2024): I would rather not have to go down the route of LinuxGSM having to use logins to get the info moving forward. It is still not clear what the solution is moving forward. If anyone has any success getting appid info without requiring login please let us know

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@svanegmond commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2024):

I poked around on this. My problem is with sfserver. It is the same problem, no app info returned from steamcmd.

While experimenting, I left off the +quit and entered app_info_print 1690800 interactively and got a response payload.

Then I went into core_steamcmd.sh and removed the passage which deletes appinfo.vdk at line 170.

sfserver update now runs successfully.

If I stack multiple app_info_print's on the command line I sometimes get an empty payload, like this:

AppID : 1690800, change number : 0/0, last change : Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
"1690800"
{
}

I am still unable to reliably cause steamcmd to return a payload via a script without the step of doing this interactively.

@svanegmond commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2024): I poked around on this. My problem is with sfserver. It is the same problem, no app info returned from steamcmd. While experimenting, I left off the +quit and entered `app_info_print 1690800` interactively and got a response payload. Then I went into core_steamcmd.sh and removed the passage which deletes appinfo.vdk at line 170. `sfserver update` now runs successfully. If I stack multiple app_info_print's on the command line I sometimes get an empty payload, like this: ```Steam>No app info for AppID 1690800 found, requesting... AppID : 1690800, change number : 0/0, last change : Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 "1690800" { } ``` I am still unable to reliably cause steamcmd to return a payload via a script without the step of doing this interactively.

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2024):

You probably could run steamcmd in backgroud, sleep a little and then kill it once the info is retreived. Terrible, I know. As a PoC:

docker run -it --rm --init --name steamcmd --entrypoint /bin/bash gameservermanagers/steamcmd:latest -c \
  "apt update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' apt install screen -y && \
  rm -f /root/.local/share/Steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf && \
  screen -d -m -S steam steamcmd +login anonymous +app_info_print 1690800 && \
  while [ ! -f /root/.local/share/Steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf ]; do sleep 1; done && \
  sleep 5 && \
  screen -S steam -p 0 -X stuff "quit^M" && \
  steamcmd +login anonymous +app_info_print 1690800 +quit"

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2024): You probably could run `steamcmd` in backgroud, sleep a little and then kill it once the info is retreived. Terrible, I know. As a PoC: ``` docker run -it --rm --init --name steamcmd --entrypoint /bin/bash gameservermanagers/steamcmd:latest -c \ "apt update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' apt install screen -y && \ rm -f /root/.local/share/Steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf && \ screen -d -m -S steam steamcmd +login anonymous +app_info_print 1690800 && \ while [ ! -f /root/.local/share/Steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf ]; do sleep 1; done && \ sleep 5 && \ screen -S steam -p 0 -X stuff "quit^M" && \ steamcmd +login anonymous +app_info_print 1690800 +quit" ```

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@FlaminSarge commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024):

Editing https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/blob/master/lgsm/modules/core_steamcmd.sh#L186 with the solution presented in https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9683#issuecomment-2515828207 (extra +app_info_request APPID + +login anonymous) worked for me for working around steamcmd's issue.

My full replaced line:

	remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

@FlaminSarge commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024): Editing https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/blob/master/lgsm/modules/core_steamcmd.sh#L186 with the solution presented in https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9683#issuecomment-2515828207 (extra `+app_info_request APPID` + `+login anonymous`) worked for me for working around steamcmd's issue. My full replaced line: ``` remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]') ```

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024):

Looks like it comes down to timing. If you cause the command to delay long enough to get the info before it quits you get the results. So padding it in any way to make it run longer seems to work.

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024): Looks like it comes down to timing. If you cause the command to delay long enough to get the info before it quits you get the results. So padding it in any way to make it run longer seems to work.

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@FlaminSarge commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024):

Looks like it comes down to timing. If you cause the command to delay long enough to get the info before it quits you get the results. So padding it in any way to make it run longer seems to work.

Right, but prior to some update, it would wait/block for app_info_print to finish before moving on to the next command, but not anymore, necessitating the extra commands to stall.
If this isn't something that can be reverted, may be useful to add app_info_print_blocking or something to replicate old behavior. As it stands, though, app_info_print arbitrarily not printing anything despite the "requesting..." message seems like a bug, not a feature.

@FlaminSarge commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024): > Looks like it comes down to timing. If you cause the command to delay long enough to get the info before it quits you get the results. So padding it in any way to make it run longer seems to work. Right, but prior to some update, it would wait/block for app_info_print to finish before moving on to the next command, but not anymore, necessitating the extra commands to stall. If this isn't something that can be reverted, may be useful to add `app_info_print_blocking` or something to replicate old behavior. As it stands, though, `app_info_print` arbitrarily not printing anything despite the "requesting..." message seems like a bug, not a feature.

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024):

That probably best to go somewhere where it can be actioned, e.g. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11521 linked above.

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024): That probably best to go somewhere where it can be actioned, e.g. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11521 linked above.

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@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024):

Yeah, I suggest leaving comments on the steam-for-linux issues page. Upvote related issues as well. As currently this is something that Valve have broken and there is no decent workaround currently. Hopefully they sort it out soon. Until there is a reliable workaround we can use or a fix there isnt anything I can do currently.

@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024): Yeah, I suggest leaving comments on the steam-for-linux issues page. Upvote related issues as well. As currently this is something that Valve have broken and there is no decent workaround currently. Hopefully they sort it out soon. Until there is a reliable workaround we can use or a fix there isnt anything I can do currently.

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@sahammer commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024):

Editing https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/blob/master/lgsm/modules/core_steamcmd.sh#L186 with the solution presented in ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9683 (comment) (extra +app_info_request APPID + +login anonymous) worked for me for working around steamcmd's issue.

My full replaced line:
	remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

Just wanted to chime in here and say, this change worked for me with Satisfactory as well as Valheim.

Edit: It worked for ./server cu - but there's no updates at the moment so cant test update.

@sahammer commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2024): > Editing https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/blob/master/lgsm/modules/core_steamcmd.sh#L186 with the solution presented in [ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9683 (comment)](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9683#issuecomment-2515828207) (extra `+app_info_request APPID` + `+login anonymous`) worked for me for working around steamcmd's issue. > > My full replaced line: > > ``` > remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]') > ``` Just wanted to chime in here and say, this change worked for me with Satisfactory as well as Valheim. Edit: It worked for `./server cu` - but there's no updates at the moment so cant test update.

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@Mystik-Spiral commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024):

This also worked for me to fix the command "l4d2server check-update" and the command "l4d2server update":

from:
remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/"${branch}"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

to:
remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/"${branch}"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

Thank you freaky-m0 and sahammer.

@Mystik-Spiral commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024): This also worked for me to fix the command "l4d2server check-update" and the command "l4d2server update": from: remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]') to: remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]') Thank you [freaky-m0](https://github.com/freaky-m0) and [sahammer](https://github.com/sahammer).

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@Aquato commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024):

This also worked for me to fix the command "l4d2server check-update" and the command "l4d2server update":

from: remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/"${branch}"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

to: remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/"${branch}"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

Thank you freaky-m0 and sahammer.

Some chars are missing here. Must be ...
to: remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

the \ will be deleted if you do not mark the text as code.
But then the code works again for me :) and the remote build can be accessed. Thx to all!

@Aquato commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024): > This also worked for me to fix the command "l4d2server check-update" and the command "l4d2server update": > > from: remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/"${branch}"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]') > > to: remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/"${branch}"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]') > > Thank you [freaky-m0](https://github.com/freaky-m0) and [sahammer](https://github.com/sahammer). Some chars are missing here. Must be ... `to: remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')` the `\` will be deleted if you do not mark the text as code. But then the code works again for me :) and the remote build can be accessed. Thx to all!

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@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024):

Looks like we might have a workaround. I will do some testing with this suggestion to see how well it works. If successful I will get a hot fix out 😊

@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024): Looks like we might have a workaround. I will do some testing with this suggestion to see how well it works. If successful I will get a hot fix out 😊

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@Mystik-Spiral commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024):

@Aquato Yes, you are correct. I posted without marking as code and it stripped the back slashes. Sorry about that and thank you for correcting! What you have is correct, but I am posting again as confirmation:

In:
core_steamcmd.sh

from:
remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

to:
remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

@Mystik-Spiral commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024): @Aquato Yes, you are correct. I posted without marking as code and it stripped the back slashes. Sorry about that and thank you for correcting! What you have is correct, but I am posting again as confirmation: In: core_steamcmd.sh from: `remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')` to: `remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')`

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@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024):

Any reason why we need +login twice?

edit: becuase it dont work without login twice 🙄

@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024): Any reason why we need +login twice? edit: becuase it dont work without login twice 🙄

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024):

My opinion, is that anything that is running long enough to let the async call to get the information will work. So if you do not pad it with enough commands, such as login, it still sometimes not going to get the data. Of course it all depends on timing and therefore results may wary, but the longer it takes the more probability the data will be there.

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024): My opinion, is that _anything_ that is running long enough to let the async call to get the information will work. So if you do not pad it with enough commands, such as login, it still sometimes not going to get the data. Of course it all depends on timing and therefore results may wary, but the longer it takes the more probability the data will be there.

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024):

FWIW the above "fix" works most of the time but not all of the time during my testing. About 1 time out of ten on my box it still returms nothing.

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 19, 2024): FWIW the above "fix" works most of the time but not all of the time during my testing. About 1 time out of ten on my box it still returms nothing.

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@Mystik-Spiral commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2024):

@AndrewSav Here is a very small change (added +logoff before +quit) and I am curious if it helps you go from 90% to 100% working:

remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +logoff +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')

@Mystik-Spiral commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2024): @AndrewSav Here is a very small change (added +logoff before +quit) and I am curious if it helps you go from 90% to 100% working: `remotebuildversion=$(${steamcmdcommand} +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_request "${appid}" +login "${steamuser}" "${steampass}" +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "${appid}" +logoff +quit | sed -e '/"branches"/,/^}/!d' | sed -n "/\"${branch}\"/,/}/p" | grep -m 1 buildid | tr -cd '[:digit:]')`

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2024):

@Mystik-Spiral I think I'll leave it where it is. I wrote an automation script to demonstrate the failures, but with the script it is not failing any more, only ocasionally fails when running manually from the command line. Probably comes down to some wierd timing and good enough.

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2024): @Mystik-Spiral I think I'll leave it where it is. I wrote an automation script to demonstrate the failures, but with the script it is not failing any more, only ocasionally fails when running manually from the command line. Probably comes down to some wierd timing and good enough.

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@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2024):

Yeah, sounds like the hotfix have reduced the problem but probably to got rid of it totally...which is a step in the right direction.

@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2024): Yeah, sounds like the hotfix have reduced the problem but probably to got rid of it totally...which is a step in the right direction.

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@FlaminSarge commented on GitHub (Dec 21, 2024):

Any reason why we need +login twice?

The only purpose of the second login/etc is to stall for long enough that the app_info_request finishes and populates the temp vdf files, so that the followup app_info_print just reads from the vdf instead of fetching from remote again.
The core issue is that they changed app_info_print to not block+wait for response, and instead made it print its info as a side-effect during execution if the info was available, or no-op while fetching the info if it was not available. This seems like a bug on steamcmd's end and we'll have to keep track of https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9683 for when they eventually fix it. The other option is to loop, say, 10 times trying to fetch the info (without deleting local temp vdf) to see if app_info_print will eventually get it on its own, which may be a bit more deterministic than hoping that 2 logins is enough stall time for the request to finish.

@FlaminSarge commented on GitHub (Dec 21, 2024): > Any reason why we need +login twice? The only purpose of the second login/etc is to stall for long enough that the app_info_request finishes and populates the temp vdf files, so that the followup app_info_print just reads from the vdf instead of fetching from remote again. The core issue is that they changed app_info_print to _not_ block+wait for response, and instead made it print its info as a side-effect during execution if the info was available, or no-op while fetching the info if it was not available. This seems like a bug on steamcmd's end and we'll have to keep track of https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9683 for when they eventually fix it. The other option is to loop, say, 10 times trying to fetch the info (without deleting local temp vdf) to see if app_info_print will eventually get it on its own, which may be a bit more deterministic than hoping that 2 logins is enough stall time for the request to finish.

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@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2024):

Just from today, after updating lgsm:

sfserver@satisfactory:~$ ./sfserver u
[ FAIL ] Updating sfserver: Checking remote build: SteamCMDsfserver@satisfactory:~$ ./sfserver u
[  OK  ] Updating sfserver: Checking for update: SteamCMD

No update available
* Local build: 16775547
* Remote build: 16775547
* Branch: public
https://steamdb.info/app/1690800/

sfserver@satisfactory:~$

As you can see failed the first time succeeded on the seccond attempt

@AndrewSav commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2024): Just from today, after updating lgsm: ``` sfserver@satisfactory:~$ ./sfserver u [ FAIL ] Updating sfserver: Checking remote build: SteamCMDsfserver@satisfactory:~$ ./sfserver u [ OK ] Updating sfserver: Checking for update: SteamCMD No update available * Local build: 16775547 * Remote build: 16775547 * Branch: public https://steamdb.info/app/1690800/ sfserver@satisfactory:~$ ``` As you can see failed the first time succeeded on the seccond attempt

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@majorpdd commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2024):

Works first time on ./inssserver u

@majorpdd commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2024): Works first time on ./inssserver u

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