Bug 499243

Summary:	“Remote control requested” dialog is unclear and re-appear at seemingly random times
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	ariasuni <aria>
Component:	common	Assignee:	Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	andrew.g.r.holmes, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description ariasuni 2025-01-28 15:27:40 UTC

SUMMARY
When using remote control from my Android device, I sometimes get the “Remote control requested” dialog. The checkbox “Allow restoring on future sessions” is always checked, but still it sometimes re-appear (maybe after an update?).

I often use my computer plugged into my TV, remotely with KDE Connect on my phone, from my couch (sometimes with one of my cat on me), and the dialog appearing is highly disruptive of this “leisureflow”.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use remote control regularly

OBSERVED RESULT
I sometimes get the “Remote control requested” dialog, but it’s unclear when I’ll get it back or what the “Allow restoring on future sessions” checkbox does.

EXPECTED RESULT
The dialog doesn’t appear after the first time (if I checked the checkbox), and the checkbox text tells me clearly what it does.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.10-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2025-02-01 14:52:18 UTC

Possibly related to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480412

Authorization is persisted based on the app ID, but depending on how kdeconnectd is launched xdg-desktop-portal fails to obtain the correct app id