Just had a winner affected by this, so it's really good to be aware that it may be a false positive if it's a recent win
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Thanks for the awareness. Pretty stupid we have to enter beta branch to even fix this bug.
Luckily I havn't been gifted one ever, so far so good here.
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Bump! The gift received on January 11 through the steam client was automatically private.
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Oh that is interesting, I hope they fix it soon. I will stop gifting and just do keys for now. Also thank you for the giveaway.
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No reason to stop :) Just make sure your winners know what's up.
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Bump! The winner of my gift drawing was banned for 5 days, because the game was automatically placed private.
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It's indeed a very, very useful PSA. I already have the game you're giving away, but I'm bumping your post, also adding you in my whitelist. Thank you for the efforts made by you and by many people to keep this community as healthy as possible! =D
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Gifted 4 games today, all were public as they received it. Maybe fixed? (still 1 left to gift and test)
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Yes, it's almost certainly fixed. I'm leaving the thread open in case it helps anyone who received a steam gift in January and might still be affected by the bug.
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wait? you guys are getting gifts?
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Strange problem, thanks for breaking it down. Will keep in mind incase I ever receive gifts. Bump!
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Based on recent data, the problem appears to be fixed now. But it can't hurt to be vigilant in case the bug reemerges.
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I am making a point to message them on Steam to remind them to take it off private. Beyond that it's up to them..
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The new private games feature on Steam is already causing havoc. I've come across incidents of users with "unactivated wins" caused by games that were gifted to them on Steam and were set to private without them realizing it. The winner of one my recent giveaways had this exact problem and two other cases were mentioned in discussions recently:
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/9tyv4gq
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/suuHcqE
A users has commneted that gifts recipients now have an option that says "Accept this gift privately", but gifts are getting set to private even if that box is not ticked. So, it appears to be a bug in Steam What's new?! 🤦♂️
Public Service Annoucement
If you've won a game since January 1st that was gifted through Steam:
You can also unprivate games using the Steam client if you wish. For details, refer to this comment by reigifts.
Recommendation to gifters Once a recipient has accepted a gift, make sure that it's visible in their library. If not, ask them to check the game's privacy setting.
Finally, here's a small giveaway to thank you for your time. Level 0 and no restrictions except for must have activated all the won gifts
https://www.sgtools.info/giveaways/d019db1c-7ebe-4740-8f8f-817e12d76efc
Update
I've received multiple reports since the beginning on February saying that the issue appears to be is fixed. All gifts sent are now showing up as public by default.
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