Bug 507739

Summary: Favourite application not triggered
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Timo Barnard <timo.j.barnard>
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: kdedev, mikel5764, nate, noahadvs
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.3.6   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: NixOS   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Video

Description Timo Barnard 2025-08-01 12:00:50 UTC
Created attachment 183706 [details]
Video

SUMMARY
When clicking on items in the section of the application launcher I found that the applications did not open, however they do open through KRunner or when searched in the menu. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Click on menu
2. Click on favourite item

OBSERVED RESULT
Application doesn't open

EXPECTED RESULT
Application should open

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: NixOS 25.05
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.14.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.7 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 24 ร— AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-08-05 21:24:52 UTC
Thanks for the bug report, and the video. I clearly see what's happening on your system. 
I see that Wireshark opens, but there's no response when clicking icons in Favorites for Virtual Machine Manager (which is already open) or Burp Suite Community

I'm not able to reproduce this on Plasma 6.4.3 or git-master, I'll leave this open so others can try to reproduce.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-08-08 17:00:20 UTC
Can you run `journalctl --follow --user-unit plasma-plasmashell` in a terminal window and then reproduce the issue? See if anything gets printed to the log when you click on these apps and nothing visibly happens. Thanks!
Comment 3 Timo Barnard 2025-08-18 12:17:05 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> Can you run `journalctl --follow --user-unit plasma-plasmashell` in a
> terminal window and then reproduce the issue? See if anything gets printed
> to the log when you click on these apps and nothing visibly happens. Thanks!

No response on journalctl. I am running nixos, and it seems to be happening after a switch.
Thanks for the great work
Comment 4 Timo Barnard 2025-08-18 12:57:17 UTC
(In reply to Timo Barnard from comment #3)
> (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> > Can you run `journalctl --follow --user-unit plasma-plasmashell` in a
> > terminal window and then reproduce the issue? See if anything gets printed
> > to the log when you click on these apps and nothing visibly happens. Thanks!
> 
> No response on journalctl. I am running nixos, and it seems to be happening
> after a switch.
> Thanks for the great work

Also rebooting solves it
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2025-08-18 18:53:54 UTC
If rebooting solves it, what makes it come back? Or is the problem gone for good now?
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-02 03:47:25 UTC
๐Ÿ›๐Ÿงน โš ๏ธ 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 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-17 03:48:33 UTC
๐Ÿ›๐Ÿงน This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.