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

Error 0x202

Not enough disk space.

Error! App '<appid_number>' state is 0x202 after update job.

Reason	Not enough disk quota
Hex	0x202
Decimal/StateFlags	514

2KB

content_log_0x202.txt

Error 0x206

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

Error! App '<appid_number>' state is 0x206 after update job.

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.

Error! App '<appid_number>' state is 0x212 after update job.

​Title	​Title
Reason	​Not enough disk space
Hex	0x212
Decimal/StateFlags	530

4KB

content_log_0x212.txt

Error 0x402

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

Error! State is 0x402 after update job.

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

Error! State is 0x602 after update job.

Reason
Hex	0x602
Decimal/StateFlags	1538

3KB

content_log_0x602.txt

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.

Error! App '<appid_number>' state is 0x606 after update job.

Reason	Disk write failure
Hex	0x606
Decimal/StateFlags	1542

2KB

content_log_0x606.txt

Error 0x626

Missing update files

Error! App '232250' state is 0x626 after update job.

Reason	Missing update files
Hex	0x626
Decimal/StateFlags

6KB

content_log_0x626.txt

Error 0x6A6

Corrupt update files.

Error! App '317670' state is 0x6A6 after update job.

Reason	Corrupt update files
Hex	0x6a6
Decimal/StateFlags

12KB

content_log_0x6a6.txt

Error 0x2

Error! App '<appid_number>' state is is 0x2 after update job.

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.

Error! App '<appid_number>' state is 0x6 after update job.

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

52KB

content_log_0x6-2.txt

0x3

Update state (0x3) reconfiguring, progress: 0.00 (0 / 0)

0x5

Update state (0x5) validating, progress: 13.48 (1554089956 / 11530459441)

0x11

Update state (0x11) preallocating, progress: 8.53 (983870089 / 11530459441)

0x61

Update state (0x61) downloading, progress: 1.11 (127644881 / 11530459441)

0x101

 Update state (0x101) committing, progress: 3.43 (395043827 / 11530459441)

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

./steamcmd.sh: line 17: ulimit: open files: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted

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:

ulimit -n 2048

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.