Bug 480541

Summary:	kdeconnect background service closes sparadicly and does not restart itself
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	Ilya Paschuk <ilp2003v>
Component:	android-application	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	crash	CC:	andrew.g.r.holmes
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Android
OS:	Android 11.x
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Ilya Paschuk 2024-01-30 13:11:00 UTC

SUMMARY
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kdeconnect background service unexpectedly stops when kdeconnect app is in background and does not recover automaticly, also no autostart at boot time.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. launch kdeconnect app, then exit it and start to use other applications.


OBSERVED RESULT

at some moment kdeconnect background service stops (notification disappears, and connection with the pc is stopped).
kdeconnect can be connected to an other device or not, this does not matter.

may be crash, or it may be killed by some system maintenance service.

EXPECTED RESULT

kdeconnect service should remain in the background constantly, automaticly restarting itself if needed

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

android 11, kdeconnect 1.29.0, samsung galaxy a 30
kdeconnect app is added to exclusion list of the battery optimizer.

Comment 1 Ilya Paschuk 2024-01-30 13:12:25 UTC

to restart the service, I need to launch the kdeconnect app again.
also there is no service autostart on system boot.