Bug 499967

Summary: Battery icon appears and disappears constantly
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: me
Component: System Tray widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: materka
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.3.0   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: Screencast of the bug.

Description me 2025-02-13 08:59:49 UTC
Created attachment 178255 [details]
Screencast of the bug.

SUMMARY
After updating to Plasma 6.3, the battery icon in the system tray appears and disappears constantly. When plugged in, the icon just does not appear anywhere.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Update to Plasma 6.3

OBSERVED RESULT
The icon appears and disappears constantly.

EXPECTED RESULT
The icon should not do that.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: Fedora KDE 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The battery icon is set to be always visible in the system tray settings.
Comment 1 me 2025-02-17 14:22:43 UTC
The problem was with a third party package holding back KWin to an older version (see https://discuss.kde.org/t/battery-and-screen-brightness-are-gone-in-6-3/29998/15?u=gianmarco).