requestRichPresence returns empty object

[gerzy]

I’ve been using requestRichPresence without issues, but after today’s Steam maintenance (3rd September 2025), it no longer returns any data.

Expected result (before today):

{
    "users": {
        "76561198006409530": {
            "richPresence": {
                "status": "Playing CS:GO",
                "version": "13765",
                "time": "15.851017",
                "game:state": "lobby",
                "steam_display": "#display_Menu",
                "connect": "+gcconnectG02C0193A"
            },
            "localizedString": "Playing CS:GO"
        }
    }
}

Result after maintenance:

{
  "users": {

  }
}

 

node-steam-user version: 5.2.3
Node.js version: 22.11.0

Edited September 3 by gerzy

[filezilla]

Yeah same for me seems like something is outdated or steam privated it

Edited September 4 by filezilla

[flameoflust69]

Yeah, it seems CMsgClientRichPresenceRequest isn't working. You can listen to user event if your bot is friends with the target account. Another limitation is that it can't check invisible users

[filezilla]

Well thats not good

[flameoflust69]

Tried calling CMsgClientRichPresenceRequest through Steamworks with nethook attached, and CMsgClientRichPresenceRequest is still working and not null

[flameoflust69]

Fixed this by updating the schema steammessages_clientserver_2.json

"CMsgClientRichPresenceInfo": {
      "edition": "proto2",
      "fields": {
        "rich_presence": {
          "rule": "repeated",
          "type": ".CMsgClientRichPresenceInfo.RichPresence",
          "id": 1
        }
      },
      "nested": {
        "KV": {
          "fields": {
            "key": {
              "type": "string",
              "id": 1
            },
            "value": {
              "type": "string",
              "id": 2
            }
          }
        },
        "RichPresence": {
          "fields": {
            "steamid_user": {
              "type": "fixed64",
              "id": 1
            },
            "rich_presense": {
              "rule": "repeated",
              "type": ".CMsgClientRichPresenceInfo.KV",
              "id": 3
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },

 

And make changes for requestRichPresence inside friends.js because it returns array of object now not bytes
 

let response = {};
body.rich_presence = body.rich_presence || [];
for (let rp of body.rich_presence) {
    let kv = rp.rich_presense;
    if (!kv || !rp.steamid_user || kv.length == 0) {
        continue;
    }

    response[rp.steamid_user] = {
        richPresence: kv,
        localizedString: null,
    };
}

resolve({users: response});