Valve P2P networking broken for more than 2 months
Users in Israel and parts of the Middle East are reporting persistent high-latency issues with Valve's Steam Networking for peer-to-peer gaming. Despite community efforts and ISP checks, the problem remains unresolved after several months.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant technical infrastructure failure affecting regional gaming communities and the challenges of troubleshooting cross-border network routing.
ValveSoftware / GameNetworkingSockets Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 719 Star 9.7k Code Issues 20 Pull requests 2 Actions Projects Security and quality 0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Projects Security and quality Insights Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other middle east countries #398 New issue Copy link New issue Copy link Open Open Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other middle east countries #398 Copy link Description boazazulay opened on Mar 24, 2026 Issue body actions I am not sure i am in the right place but we are all out of options here since we couldn't get any help from the game or steam support.
The content is a user-submitted technical issue report, which is inherently descriptive and focused on troubleshooting.
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