Bug 466552

Summary:	Kclock stays alive after closing it, without a way to shut it down.
Product:	[Applications] KClock	Reporter:	Eridani Rodríguez <eridanired123>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Devin Lin <espidev>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	hanyoung, john.kizer, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.01.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Flatpak
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Eridani Rodríguez 2023-02-27 18:32:21 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install Kclock (I did from Flathub)
2. Start it and create a timer.
3. Close the app.

OBSERVED RESULT
1. Launch ´top´ in konsole to see that ´kclock´, ´kclockd´ and related processes are still running in the background, but there would be no visual indicator about this, nor a way to terminate the application from the graphic interface.
2. Opening the program again will spawn duplicated processes instead of reusing those that are still alive.

EXPECTED RESULT
1. The program should terminate cleanly without leaving any lingering background process.
2. There should be a configurable preference to keep it running in the background for tasks that may benefit from it, such as programmed alarms; optionally, this status should be indicated by an interactive icon in the system tray.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.27
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 5.19.0-32-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

Comment 1 Devin Lin 2023-02-28 02:05:39 UTC

> Opening the program again will spawn duplicated processes instead of reusing those that are still alive.

I don't experience this with the Flatpak, there should only be one instance of /app/bin/kclockd running (and a bwrap process which is done by Flatpak)? The graphical app (kclock) also isn't running for me when the program is closed. 

It should be possible to implement it so that the daemon is running only if alarms/timers are active.

Comment 2 John Kizer 2024-11-26 19:38:55 UTC

Hi - are you able to try reproducing this on the current version? I tried the Flatpak and Fedora RPM and cannot reproduce the app process (kclock) staying open after being closed.

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2024-12-11 03:46:33 UTC

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Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2024-12-26 03:47:34 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.