Bug 494690

Summary: Desktop icons returned to default location after a long period away from computer
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: john.storey.devops
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: hein, kdedev, nate, notmart
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.1.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 6.2.0
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Description john.storey.devops 2024-10-13 18:57:16 UTC 
SUMMARY
After a long period away from computer, the Desktop icons have been reset to their default location, spanning the Desktop at the top, from left to right, sorted by directory/file, alphabetically

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Rearrange icons on Desktop to a non-default arrangement
2. Leaving the computer on and logged in, let it sit for a long time (hours).  I cannot say how long; in my case, it was several hours during the day and overnight.
3. Eventually, icons will be relocated to their default locations.

OBSERVED RESULT
Desktop icons are changed from the User's preferred locations to the default locations, after a long period of time.

EXPECTED RESULT
Desktop icons should remain in the User's preferred location ... forever.  ;-)  Regardless of shutting down, regular updates, etc.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: n/a
macOS: n/a
Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 24.10; kernel 6.11.0-8-generic (64-bit); Wayland
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 john.storey.devops 2024-10-13 18:59:55 UTC 
I saw this bug, which seems very similar, but different enough to warrant a separate Bug, although y'all may find it related.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494634
Comment 2 john.storey.devops 2024-10-13 19:06:14 UTC 
(In reply to john.storey.devops from comment #1)
> I saw this bug, which seems very similar, but different enough to warrant a
> separate Bug, although y'all may find it related.
> 
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494634

I also experienced this bug, as described by the submitter.
Comment 3 TraceyC 2024-12-11 01:22:34 UTC 
This is the same behavior that was fixed in bug 468546 in 6.2.0
If you still see this problem in Plasma 6.2.4 or later, please have a look at bug 496982 which is open for this

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 468546 ***