Error Codes

Common

SteamCMD

SteamCMD can sometimes output errors when something goes wrong. Sadly, Valve has never released an official list of what the error messages mean. Because of this, a lot of guesswork has been needed to figure it out. This page will highlight what we already know and info on researching what the error might mean in the hope that you can contribute to understanding SteamCMD errors.

SteamCMD uses hexadecimal numbers to give its current "state". Every time SteamCMD does something, it changes its state. When SteamCMD fails, it will output its hexadecimal state, for example 0x202.

Codes

Error 0x10E

Seems to affect HLDS based servers. Running again often fixes the issue.

Error! App '90' state is 0x10E after update job.

Reason

Error! App '90' state is 0x10E after update job.

Hex

0x10E

Decimal/StateFlags

270

6KB
content_log_0x10E.txt
Open

Error 0x202

Not enough disk space.

Reason

Not enough disk quota

Hex

0x202

Decimal/StateFlags

514

2KB
content_log_0x202.txt
Open

Error 0x206

Unknown error, if you have any details please let us know

Reason

Hex

0x206

Decimal/StateFlags

518

Missing content_log.txt if you have experienced this error and have a log please let us know.

Error 0x212

Not enough disk space.

​Title

​Title

Reason

​Not enough disk space

Hex

0x212

Decimal/StateFlags

530

4KB
content_log_0x212.txt
Open

Error 0x402

Connection issue with steam, you will need to wait for the steam servers to recover.

Reason

Connection issue

Hex

0x402

Decimal/StateFlags

1026

Missing content_log.txt if you have experienced this error and have a log please let us know.

Error 0x602

Unknown error, if you have any details please let us know

Reason

Hex

0x602

Decimal/StateFlags

1538

3KB
content_log_0x602.txt
Open

Error 0x606

SteamCMD is unable to write to the disk. Normally caused by permissions issues. This issue was discovered when a directory that was linked using symlink did not have the correct permissions to allow SteamCMD to write to it.

Reason

Disk write failure

Hex

0x606

Decimal/StateFlags

1542

2KB
content_log_0x606.txt
Open

Error 0x626

Missing update files

Reason

Missing update files

Hex

0x626

Decimal/StateFlags

6KB
content_log_0x626.txt
Open

Error 0x6A6

Corrupt update files.

Reason

Corrupt update files

Hex

0x6a6

Decimal/StateFlags

12KB
content_log_0x6a6.txt
Open

Error 0x2

Reason

Hex

0x2

Decimal/StateFlags

2

Missing content_log.txt if you have it please let us know.

Error 0x6

No connection to content servers.

Reason

No connection to content servers

Reason 2

Received 401 (Unauthorized) HTTP response for depot 11

Hex

0x6

Decimal/StateFlags

6

2KB
content_log_0x6.txt
Open
52KB
content_log_0x6-2.txt
Open

0x3

0x5

0x11

0x61

0x101

SteamCMD Logs

To get more info and output see the SteamCMD logs in ~/.local/share/Steam/logsor ~/.steam/logs. The most useful log is content_log.txt that will provide more information on errors.

If you have experienced an error we don't have logs for please provide them to us to assist in diagnosing the issue.

SteamCMD Hex Codes

SteamCMD uses hex error codes such as 0x202 which can be converted into decimal 514. You can use a hex-to-decimal converter to do this. Using the table below you can work out the status messages. By doing a calculation. Find the highest number below the state 512 which is the first error. Then take the number away from the total 514-512=2 which gives you the last error. This can be done for any error

514-512-2=0

512 StateUpdateRunning , 2 StateUpdateRequired

StateInvalid

0

StateUninstalled

1

StateUpdateRequired

2

StateFullyInstalled

4

StateEncrypted

8

StateLocked

16

StateFilesMissing

32

StateAppRunning

64

StateFilesCorrupt

128

StateUpdateRunning

256

StateUpdateRunning

512

StateUpdateStarted

1024

StateUninstalling

2048

StateBackupRunning

4096

StateReconfiguring

65536

StateValidating

131072

StateAddingFiles

262144

StatePreallocating

524288

StateDownloading

1048576

StateStaging

2097152

StateCommitting

4194304

StateUpdateStopping

8388608

This table is from 2015 and is probably outdated now but it's the best we currently have.

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ulimit SteamCMD startup error

Some users may get a ulimit error (no permission/cannot open file) while SteamCMD is starting up. This error caused by a low setting of the -n parameter (number of file descriptors) of ulimit. Some servers forbid increasing ulimit values after startup (or beyond a limit set by root). This can be fixed by changing the file descriptor number ulimit:

ERROR! Failed to install app '<appid_number>' (No subscription)

The Steam account being used does not have a license for the required game.

ERROR! Password check for AppId <appid_number> returned error Failure.

The password for the branch is incorrect.

[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() failed.

Ignore the error, do not do anything to attempt to fix it. It is a known error that has appeared ever since SteamPipe was introduced. It does not cause any issues and can be ignored.

Loading Steam API...Failed to init SDL priority manager: SDL not found

Ignore the error, do not do anything to attempt to fix it. It does not cause any issues and can be ignored.

CWorkThreadPool::~CWorkThreadPool: work processing queue not empty: 2 items discarded.

Ignore the error, do not do anything to attempt to fix it. It does not cause any issues and can be ignored.

Failed to set thread priority: per-thread setup failed

Ignore the error, do not do anything to attempt to fix it. It does not cause any issues and can be ignored.

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