Valve released 7 smaller Counter-Strike 2 patches in May 2024, on May 1, 2, 7, 9, 22, 24 and 29. Each is reproduced below as Valve published it, newest first.
A bigger update that month has its own article: CS2 Fire Sale update (May 2024): weapon rentals, a cheaper M4A4 and the incendiary rework.
May 29, 2024
Input
- Fixed a bug where the console toggle key would stop working after a Premier pick/ban phase
- The game now continues accepting keyboard input while a scoreboard player card is open
- Joystick input is now ignored by default. Joystick input is not an officially supported feature of CS2, but you can restore the old behavior with the -joy launch option
UI
- Fixed player and bot names on the Team Select screen during bot takeover
Weapon Finishes
- Fixed a bug where certain graphics configurations resulted in black weapon finishes
Misc
- Fixed an issue where the game client would never reconnect to Counter-Strike Network if launched while there was no connection to Steam Network
- Steam accounts that have an active account lock are no longer allowed to play on secure Counter-Strike game servers
- Fixed a bug where viewmodels would bob excessively on Linux
May 24, 2024
Weapon Finishes
- Fixed the appearance of Doppler, Gamma Doppler, and Marble Fade finishes
Demos
- Minor UI changes
Maps
Vertigo:
- Clipped the wings of runboosters to B site in Wingman
- Blocked grenades through crane base at A site
May 22, 2024
Graphics
- Added support for AMD Anti-Lag 2.
May 9, 2024
Misc
- Reduced the opacity of teammate names near the crosshair.
- Made the death experience during bot takeover match the normal death experience.
- Fixed several bugs with looping through bot takeover spectator targets.
- Fixed several bugs with scoreboard buttons not working as designed.
- Fixed a bug where the in-air kill feed icon didn't work with certain weapons (thanks aquaismissing).
- Fixed a bug where the HUD would be offset after watching a demo (thanks again aquaismissing).
May 7, 2024
Misc
- Fixed a visual bug where sniper rifle viewmodels could be visible at the edge of the scope screen overlay.
- Fixed a bug that prevented HE grenade explosions from breaking the vents in de_nuke.
- Fixed an issue where viewmodels would sometimes emit double shell eject effects.
- Minor performance improvements
May 2, 2024
Misc
- Fixed a crash related to the scoreboard
May 1, 2024
Misc
- Fixed a bug where the game would stop taking keyboard input during the end-of-match map vote.
- Fixed a bug where UI characters always had default gloves equipped.
- Demo playback will pause at the end of a recording instead of returning to the main menu.
- Minor demo playback optimizations.
Workshop
- Added arms race game mode for workshop map submissions


