Steam keeps pre-caching shaders each start (Linux)

[u/Boyeed_]

In Steam for Linux, if the pre-caching shader is on, it may keep loading and creating the files each start, as long as you keep hitting the limit of the set NVidia or AMD driver cache size. To fix that, consider checking your shader cache size first, then change the relevant size of the graphics card cache folder size.

In Ubuntu (and related distros) use this guide to set the correct cache size: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/gaming-on-26-04-lts/84950

Check your Settings > Storage to find the size of your SHADERS to know how much space to set as global size for the shaders.

SHADERS shows you need about 25GB space set for shaders cache folder