Forge/popshell Gnome tiling extension is broken by steam

I am using the 'Forge' extension for Gnome 44/43, and have used it on arch, debian and fedora. on all of these distros it has the same annoying bug.

when I click anywhere on steam, the tabs at the top of the tabbed viewing mode disappear. this also happens on Pop! shell's autotiler for gnome

does anyone have any idea how this bug is caused? is there any additional info I should give?