Seems to have sorted itself out. I have seen some people get it but haven’t really had any problems with it myself until today. Usual issue with steam is not being able to connect to their servers, meaning no servers unless you direct connect and friends list down. Ah, the joys of the internet and online gaming.
I wonder do my brain’s neural networks have “couldn’t authenticate user” moments. On second thoughts, maybe I don’t want to think about that too much 