I guess I’d hoped it was less frequently than every time a user logs in. Or that the metadata was locally cached and checked occasionally. Or that there’d be a fallback for cases like this when outages occur. It’s a nice feature for sure, but not having a local fallback (even a complicated one for most users) is a bummer.
Wait, why not? I’ve been doing this for a few games so I can play on Linux or boot to Windows and play there if I need more reliable remote play or better performance. I haven’t had any major issues, just annoying occasional proton reinstallation when I’m in Linux.