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steam error? Error 503 Service Unavailable

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hi what does this mean on steam

Error 503 Service Unavailable

Service Unavailable

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asked 12 years ago in TroubleshootingTroubleshooting by anonymous  

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I'm getting this error too..
I'm also having this problem - but can see some stuff on news
also getting this..
i have steam 503 error what can i do ?
This seems like a new error. Hope it is fixed soon....
Same error here. Fix it steam!
for me it just loads a blank page
i am also getting steam error 503
Steam is really #*!^ with all this stuff going on
:L I'm getting the same thing, it's starting to get quite annoying.
FIX IT DAMMIT
Error
Sorry!
An error was encountered while processing your request:

There was an error communicating with the network. Please try again later.


Here's a link to the Steam Community home page.



Help me, i can't play anything!
WHY ISNT STEAM DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ERROR
steam community 503 error
HELP
It's fixed now
Finally :DDD, Also i had a look at this may help abit...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=784745&page=1000

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
scroll down, proper answer at the bottom. if the original poster of the question can mark as best its higher up amd more obvious
IGNORE THIS
Finally :DDD, Also i had a look at this may help abit...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=784745&page=1000

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

06-22-2011, 08:23 AM  thats the date on that post, no longer relevent
although the drop in the connected users indicated a big big problem
HOW DO I MAKE IT STOP I WAS TRYING TO GET TO FALLOUT 3 AND I GOT THE ERROR HELP ME

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I'm having exactly the same problem, I'm not quite sure what's going on but I am hopefull that it is fixed soon. Maybe they're inputing the updates for the 5th day of the summer sale. That would make sense to me, anyway.
answered 12 years ago by anonymous  
thats what i thought, mine is still out of action cant even access friends to see if they are back up and running ...
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im getting this as well
answered 12 years ago by anonymous  
well my steam just recovered the error yet now it says my steam profile encountered a problem, however store tab is back up and running same with friends list

hope this helped
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i have

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answered 12 years ago by anonymous  
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503 Error: The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server

general error message for most servers during peak times, on steam currently partial to the mass increase in players due to free TF2

all we can do is wait, thats about it, the service for me has beeen noticably slower if not unresponsive most of the time since tf2 was free, though its possible that theres something else going on

these error codes can also be sent out during maintanence but steam usually says under maintanence so here its not that.
answered 12 years ago by mokh Galactic Emperor (115,612 points)   10 12 51
um are u guys like online? when it says this message because im not ): does that mean im hacked!
i dont think u were hacked becuz everyone is getting this error message not just you unless every1 was hacked
its nothing to do with hacking unless steam is currently at the mercy of a Ddos, whic is basically a whole bunch of computers repetedly sending requests to overload the service, the exact thing lulzsec were doing.
its like standing 500 people outside ur supermarket trying to squeeze thru the door, some get through but eventually the doors will break and no one gets in till somethings fixed.
unless this is being used to hide something more sinister, a proper hack then everyones details are perfectly safe
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This is a technical issue where steam gets overloaded by all the players doing everything at once, steam can only handle so much at a giving time.

 

If you wait Steam will return to normal!

answered 10 years ago by anonymous  

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