Bug 504528

Summary:	First start is always slow
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Tamás Králl <tamaskrall42>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, kde, natalie_clarius
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Tamás Králl 2025-05-19 14:25:06 UTC

SUMMARY
The first launch of KRunner is always about 1 second long, any subsequent launcher are near instant. I assume this might be intentional, however, since KRunner is basically Plasma's "instant search" feature, it's important that it's just as quick on first launch as otherwise.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Log into a new session
2. Launch KRunner (default shortcuts: Alt + Space or Alt + F2)

OBSERVED RESULT
Slow first launch

EXPECTED RESULT
There's no noticable delay launching it the first time.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.3.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-25-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.7 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: HP EliteBook 840 G1
System Version: A3009DD10303

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2025-05-19 14:27:26 UTC

>I assume this might be intentional, however,

yes. We have a lot of people who don't use krunner.

Performance is something we're always optimising so hopefully this will improve over time.