| Summary: | When detecting a limited/non-existent connectivity situation, check for restored connectivity more quickly | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] plasmashell | Reporter: | Martin Tlustos <martin.tlustos> |
| Component: | Networks widget | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | minor | CC: | cwo.kde, kdedev, nate |
| Priority: | LO | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | 6.3.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | 1.0 | ||
| Platform: | Neon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
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Description
Martin Tlustos
2025-03-10 09:25:24 UTC
Thanks for the report. We need additional detail in order to investigate the problem. Thanks. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: (available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window) Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: Operating System: KDE neon 6.3 KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0 Qt Version: 6.8.2 Kernel Version: 6.11.0-19-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 6 × AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 15,0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon Graphics Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon 550X Series Manufacturer: Acer Product Name: Aspire A515-44G System Version: V1.12 Do you use a VPN? . No. But the wifi connection is weak, as there are two walls in between. So this only happens if the wifi signal is weak. Is the signal weak enough to make your internet connectivity very slow? Well, I can't really tell, as I often work in Africa where the internet is REALLY slow, so compared to that - no. But compared to normal internet in the west, it might... ;-) Hmm, it's possible that it's got periods of slowness that are so slow that they trip the "limited connectivity" detection. Likely. It does have periods where the internet is non-responsive at least for a couple of seconds. If something like this would happen at startup, it could trigger the limited connection warning. And it does not always appear, only sometimes, which also supports the above assumption. In that case... it seems like the widget is working properly? It depends on what you see as properly. If the internet works, but the widget shows limited connectivity, I think it's misleading. Also, after disconnecting and reconnecting, it shows normal connectivity. Maybe it doesn't check often enough to see that connectivity is restored? Well you did say "It does have periods where the internet is non-responsive at least for a couple of seconds". So it sounds like the widget managed to be checking for connectivity during a moment when that happened. So everything is working as intended here. We could perhaps improve the UX by reducing the polling interval so it's a bit quicker to detect when connectivity has been restored. |