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Add Steam Status Decky plugin#957

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Add Steam Status Decky plugin#957
bschelst wants to merge 3 commits intoSteamDeckHomebrew:mainfrom
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@bschelst bschelst commented Jan 12, 2026

Add Steam Status Decky

Displays real-time Steam service status, player counts, and service health directly on Steam Deck, game mode.

Features:

  • Steam service status monitoring, informing user if steam is down, using a dedicated API gateway.

    • Service outage detection and notifications
    • Regional server status
    • API gateway caching => no errors in case API gateway is down.
    • This is polling the API gateway every 5 minutes, user has the option to refresh manually once (he/she can refresh again after 30 seconds, but the API gateway will rate limit.) and to decrease the polling interval.
  • Player count tracking with 48-hour history.

    • in case there is a problem, it will be visible in amount users who are online.
  • Trending (steam deck) games display

    • Shows the top 5 trending games on Steam , clickable. Only games running on steamdeck/Linux will be shown. [based on protondb]
  • Options to disable/enable:

    • History (by default it will show a warning in the plugin if there was an outage last hour)
    • Trending games
    • Notifications (no notification if steam service is down)
  • Documentation & translations available in almost all steam languages. (only in plugin)

    • Note: This was done using Google translate. So they will need to be updated in the future.

Personal testing notes

  • Of course, it's difficult to test steam service outages. For this reason added outage simulations on the API gateway, which simulates an outage/recovery.

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Developer

  • I am the original author or an authorized maintainer of this plugin.
  • I have abided by the licenses of the libraries I am utilizing, including attaching license notices where appropriate.

Plugin

  • I have verified that my plugin works properly on the Stable and Beta update channels of SteamOS.
  • I have verified my plugin is unique or provides more/alternative functionality to a plugin already on the store.

Backend

  • No: I am using a custom backend other than Python.
  • No: I am using a tool or software from a 3rd party FOSS project that does not have it's dependencies statically linked.
  • No: I am using a custom binary that has all of it's dependencies statically linked.

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  • I have tested and left feedback on two other pull requests for new or updating plugins.
  • I have commented links to my testing report in this PR.

Testing

  • Tested by a third party on SteamOS Stable or Beta update channel.

@bschelst bschelst requested a review from a team as a code owner January 12, 2026 23:51
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Plugin test reports:
#922 (comment)
#946 (comment)

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Couldn't fully review, but I caught a couple potentially large issues:

  • You seem to be on an outdated commit. Is this intentional?
  • You can't include your own update system that bypasses Decky's plugin store system on a Decky plugin store entry. Please remove all references to this custom update system.

@RodoMa92 RodoMa92 added needsfix An issue/change request needs to be resolved and removed not-plugin Not related to plugins themselves labels Jan 19, 2026
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Hi, will apply the changes and tests.Give me a few days please

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@EMERALD0874 I've addressed your concerns, remove the update part in commit f8ab107

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beebls commented Jan 23, 2026

Re-reviewed, thanks for removing the update code, and the rest of it LGTM, approving for testing store

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beebls commented Jan 23, 2026

@bschelst Looks like you're missing a rollup config, look at the template repo for that and update your PR to have it

  Displays real-time Steam service status, player counts, and service health directly on Steam Deck.

  Features:
  - Real-time Steam service status monitoring
  - Player count tracking with 24-hour history
  - Service outage detection and notifications
  - Regional server status
  - Trending games display
  - Network diagnostics tools

  Repository: https://github.com/bschelst/steamstatus-decky
  Version: 1.2.3
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bschelst commented Jan 24, 2026

@bschelst Looks like you're missing a rollup config, look at the template repo for that and update your PR to have it

somehow the file was added in my .gitignore. (weird!). added with commit ac953c7 / d76348f

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beebls commented Jan 29, 2026

Alright, on testing store now, gonna ask for one more review on the testing store version itself just to make sure everything still works

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This pull request is stale as no updates or testing reports have been posted within the last 7 days. Please ensure you are actively recruiting testers or resolving the issues discussed. If you do not remove the stale label or comment, this will be closed in 7 days. Please close this pull request if you need more time to resolve issues so we can keep our repo healthy.

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Plugin Testing Report

Installed Plugins

  • ProtonDB Badges (1.2.0)
  • Animation Changer - 1.3.2
  • Emuchievements - 2.0.5
  • AutoFlatpaks - 1.6.8

Specifications

  • SteamOS: 3.7.19 (Stable)
  • Steam: 1769025840
  • Decky: 3.2.1 (Pre-Release)

Issues

No issues

Summary

Works as described, smooth!

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