Bug 506096

Summary:	Autostart entry derived from Application can get out of sync with the Application's desktop file
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Dominik Kummer <admin>
Component:	kcm_autostart	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate, nicolas.fella, olib141, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Dominik Kummer 2025-06-24 09:26:59 UTC

Autostart KCM does make copy of desktop file if derived from Application.
This basically works. But as soon as Application launchers are edited via
KDE Menu Edit their properties are out of sync.

So maybe a symbolic link to the source desktop file is better?

Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-24 09:33:37 UTC

Thank you for the bug report!

However Plasma 6.2.1 is no longer eligible for support or maintenance from KDE; supported versions are 5.27. (LTS), and 6.3 (non-LTS) or newer. Please upgrade to a supported version as soon as your distribution makes it available to you. Plasma is a fast-moving project, and bugs in one version are often fixed in the next one.

If you need support for Plasma 6.2.1, please contact your distribution, who bears the responsibility of providing support for older releases that are no longer supported by KDE.

If you can reproduce the issue after upgrading to a supported version, feel free to re-open this bug report.

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-06-24 19:19:46 UTC

A simple symlink might indeed make more sense until we have a better method of reference/inheritance here.