What's new in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.14 Pre-release

Jul 6, 2023
  • Fix adding accounts always resulting in "Error adding your authenticator".

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.13 Pre-release (Jun 29, 2023)

  • Fix issue with unicode characters such as Chinese
  • Fix issue with confirmations that don't have an image (#891)
  • Fix confirmations resolving to the incorrect type (trade vs market)
  • Show an error when an account already has an authenticator linked
  • Handle issue when Steam reports incorrect device codes

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.11 (Jun 14, 2023)

  • Fixes for the changes to Steam login. You may need to use the "Login Again" button under "Selected Accounts" to have confirmations work again. "Refresh session" is also removed. You will have to use the login button to update your session.
  • Increased .NET framework version to 4.7.2

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.10 (Jan 29, 2020)

  • Fixed adding new accounts. Steam added another email confirmation step when adding a phone number to an account.
  • Fixed auto trade confirmations only working for the currently selected account.
  • Fixed "Setup New Account" and "Setup Encryption" buttons not resizing correctly.
  • Removed the ability to import from Android devices. This almost never worked and it's not safe to root your devices.
  • Handle cases where manifest.json gets corrupted.

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.9 (Aug 8, 2018)

  • Bug fixes
  • Changed target framework to 4.6.2 - this fixes checking for updates.
  • Updated CEF to v63

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.8.2 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • This release is a simple update of the SteamAuth library. This should fix auto-confirmations if you've been having issues with them.
  • As a side-effect, confirmation descriptions will currently not appear on confirmation popups.

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.8.1 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • Added CTRL + C hotkey to copy login token
  • Changed the default form button to the copy button
  • Added the -k CLI option to specify your encryption key on startup
  • Added the -s CLI option to start SDA in the tray
  • Removed the Android instructions and replaced it with a link to the wiki
  • Added message boxes when confirmations fail to load, instead of just showing the white screen.
  • Fixes for importing accounts from Android
  • Fixed exceptions when confirmations fail to load
  • Fixed exception when copying token too fast
  • Fixed exception when selecting accounts
  • Fixed exception when logging into a broken account
  • Updated CefSharp to version 57.0.0
  • Updated Newtonsoft.Json

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.7.2 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • This version fixes the bug that caused users to be asked to log into their Steam accounts far too often. It also makes use of Steam's new batch confirmation acceptance feature when auto-confirmation is enabled, and there are multiple confirmations to auto-confirm.

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.6 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • This release fixes the issue where a failed session refresh (caused by, say, your internet connection lapsing) would cause an unhandled exception to be thrown.

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.5 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • This minor update fixes an occasional crash when automatic confirmation checking is enabled.

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.4 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • This release adds the ability to automatically confirm trades and/or market listings. Please note that doing so is inherently dangerous and enabling it is done so at your own risk.

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.3 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • This release fixes a bug wherein automatic confirmation polling would cease to function after leaving the application on for some time continuously.

New in Steam Desktop Authenticator 1.0.2 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • This release fixes the bug that caused account setup to loop when it hit the SMS verification step, along with various other fixes and additions.