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Changing your password does not restrict you BUT resetting it does.
It is a 5 day restriction for an active account.
An inactive account (one not used for months) all of a sudden needing to reset the password is suspicious for Valve and is restricted for 30 days.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/451E-96B3-D194-50FC#reset
It's been this way since the beginning.
Nothing about it is new.
Everything is over a decade old.