Bug 504954

Summary:	Changing File Search indexing settings for a default location causes that location to be duplicated in the list, with the default settings, when the page is next loaded
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Jin Liu <ad.liu.jin>
Component:	kcm_baloo	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	baloo-bugs-null, john.kizer, kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.80
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	1 2 3

Description Jin Liu 2025-05-29 10:56:28 UTC

SUMMARY

I only want to index a subfolder under $HOME. The kcm allows me to set $HOME to "not indexed". But when I pressed "Apply" then reopened the KCM, there are two $HOME entries, one "indexed", the other "not indexed". And baloo is still indexing $HOME.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.14.7-arch2-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.0 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2025-05-29 10:58:33 UTC

Works for me. 

Can you share some screenshots.

Comment 2 Jin Liu 2025-05-29 11:05:58 UTC

Created attachment 181854 [details]
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Comment 3 Jin Liu 2025-05-29 11:06:10 UTC

Created attachment 181855 [details]
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Comment 4 Jin Liu 2025-05-29 11:06:23 UTC

Created attachment 181856 [details]
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Comment 5 Jin Liu 2025-05-29 11:07:53 UTC

1: initial state of a new user.
2: changing $HOME to "not indexed" and press Apply.
3: reopen the KCM.

The content of `baloofilerc`:

[General]
dbVersion=2
exclude filters=*~,*.part,*.o,*.la,*.lo,*.loT,*.moc,moc_*.cpp,qrc_*.cpp,ui_*.h,cmake_install.cmake,CMakeCache.txt,CTestTestfile.cmake,libtool,config.status,confdefs.h,autom4te,conftest,confstat,Makefile.am,*.gcode,.ninja_deps,.ninja_log,build.ninja,*.csproj,*.m4,*.rej,*.gmo,*.pc,*.omf,*.aux,*.tmp,*.po,*.vm*,*.nvram,*.rcore,*.swp,*.swap,lzo,litmain.sh,*.orig,.histfile.*,.xsession-errors*,*.map,*.so,*.a,*.db,*.qrc,*.ini,*.init,*.img,*.vdi,*.vbox*,vbox.log,*.qcow2,*.vmdk,*.vhd,*.vhdx,*.sql,*.sql.gz,*.ytdl,*.tfstate*,*.class,*.pyc,*.pyo,*.elc,*.qmlc,*.jsc,*.fastq,*.fq,*.gb,*.fasta,*.fna,*.gbff,*.faa,po,CVS,.svn,.git,_darcs,.bzr,.hg,CMakeFiles,CMakeTmp,CMakeTmpQmake,.moc,.obj,.pch,.uic,.npm,.yarn,.yarn-cache,__pycache__,node_modules,node_packages,nbproject,.terraform,.venv,venv,core-dumps,lost+found
exclude filters version=9
exclude folders[$e]=$HOME/

Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-13 03:48:17 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 7 John Kizer 2025-06-21 03:42:18 UTC

I can reproduce on an EndeavourOS VM and a KDE Neon VM. Also, on a Fedora KDE VM, deleting the pre-configured home subfolders, like ~/Documents, causes them to reappear when the page is reloaded.

Thanks!