Bug 484470

Summary:	Dolphin KIO gdrive unable to open google drive folder. "Loading folder" displayed indefinitely.
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Bill <wbkaminski178>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	francis.mestdagh, julien.dlq, kdedev, kfm-devel, maarten.bodewes, ronyjohan.it
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.08.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Bill 2024-03-25 20:17:57 UTC

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SUMMARY
KIO gdrive unable to open google drive folder. "Loading folder" displayed indefinitely.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Dolphin
2. Open Network
3. Open Google Drive

OBSERVED RESULT

"Loading..." & "Loading folder..." displayed indefinitely.

EXPECTED RESULT

google2 and shared folders should be displayed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 23.10 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.112.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Kernel Version: 6.5.0-26-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7C56
System Version: 2.0

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-07-25 02:27:45 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. I'm sorry we weren't able to get to this yet. 

Unfortunately, Google revoked the ability for KDE applications to access the API necessary to support GDrive. Unless they change this decision, GDrives won't be able to be accessed from Dolphin / Plasma.