Bug 471201

Summary:	KDE slowly crashes/becomes unresponsive as time goes on
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	epicfacethe3rd <epicfacethe3rd>
Component:	generic-performance	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	crash	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.24.7
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description epicfacethe3rd@gmail.com 2023-06-18 19:37:48 UTC

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. login to KDE
2. Wait a few hours

OBSERVED RESULT
KDE will inconsistently crash out and become unresponsive, generally by new windows and notifications showing only a black window, and the toolbars becoming completely unresponsive

EXPECTED RESULT
continued normal operation

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 22.04 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
i have absolutely no idea what's doing this or why. It's been an ongoing issue for months

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-08-04 20:15:09 UTC

I'm afraid Plasma 5.24 is unfortunately no longer eligible for support or maintenance from KDE.

Plasma is a fast-moving project, and bugs in one version are often fixed in the next one. Please update to Plasma 5.27 as soon as your distro offers it to you. In this case, they already do in Kubuntu 23.04, so I'd recommend upgrading to that Kubuntu version. If this issue is still reproducible in Plasma 5.27, feel free to re-open this bug report.

If for some reason you can't upgrade and you need support for Plasma 5.24, please contact the Kubuntu folks, who bear the responsibility of providing support for older non-LTS releases.

Thanks for understanding!