Bug 490742

Summary: KMail sometimes fails to mark opened emails as read
Product: [Applications] kmail2 Reporter: Holmes <social.calamari468>
Component: UIAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.1.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
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Description Holmes 2024-07-24 06:02:16 UTC 
SUMMARY
When opening an email, KMail sometimes fails to mark it as read. The email will remain unread forever, no matter how many times you open it. Only way to mark it as read is to manually mark it as read.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open KMail
2. Open an email that has not been read yet

OBSERVED RESULT
KMail does not mark the mail as read when you open it

EXPECTED RESULT
KMail should mark the mail as read when you open it

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 Holmes 2025-09-21 19:14:35 UTC 
Bumping this to make sure this doesn't get forgotten for decades.