Bug 433425

Summary:	Panel crashes and does not restart on its own
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	AK-47 <chkboom>
Component:	Panel	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	crash	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.21.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	RedHat Enterprise Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description AK-47 2021-02-22 13:49:54 UTC

SUMMARY
Panel crashes frequently, and does not restart

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use KDE under Wayland for some time.
2. Do something like rapid window switching or playing with an XWayland application like VirtualBox
3. After a while, the panel will crash.

OBSERVED RESULT
The panel does not restart on its own like in previous versions.

EXPECTED RESULT
The panel should start on its own again, otherwise without a terminal already open or an app that can bring up the terminal (eg. Dolphin or Kate) you are pretty much stuck without a shell.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora (rawhide)
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.79.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2021-02-22 14:16:07 UTC

Fixed by https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kcrash/-/commit/c69bfe493168eb9b66d85824e96181592b3bcf91

Note that this won't happen on most distros, it's Fedora opting into something prematurely.