Stellaris - [Launcher 2021.9, checksum n/a] - launcher gets stuck trying to download steam mods that were removed from steam and not on disk, will not

[Syr]

Description
[Launcher 2021.9, checksum n/a] - launcher gets stuck trying to download steam mods that were removed from steam and not on disk, will not load mods after that mod

Game Version
2021.9

What version do you use?
Steam

What expansions do you have installed?
Synthetic Dawn, Utopia, Leviathans Story Pack, Apocalypse, Megacorp, Distant Stars, Ancient Relics, Lithoids, Federations, Nemesis, Aquatics

Do you have mods enabled?
Yes

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
The issue is described in detail here with a workaround presented:

Launcher not detecting most mods in steam library workshop content folder

The launcher will only detect a few mods that are located in my steam library workshop content folder (Stored on my default steam library, which is located on a different drive from my steam install) I have tried the following steps: 1) Delete...

forum.paradoxplaza.com

Since I already had removed the offending mods by this point, I dont have a screenshot, so in order to submit this bug report I'm attaching a screenshot of the stellaris workshop. you can ignore that.

Steps to reproduce the issue.
Upload a mod to steam
Subscribe to the mod on steam
Delete the mod from steam's workshop, but remain subscribed to it
Delete the mod files from your local disk
Launch stellaris from steam, the launcher should get stuck trying to download the mod - it will not download or load up other downloaded mods after reaching the missing mod, if other mods were subscribed to.

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[Firegolem]

I had this too, really annoying, as launcher cache flush and reset does not help. The only thing helped for me was complete flush of subscriptions on Steam (nice if you have > 600, so I guess it could also be a Steam bug).