Bug 508925

Summary:	KDE Connect fails to transfer photos from iPhone
Product:	[Applications] kdeconnect	Reporter:	Christopher Snowhill <kode54>
Component:	ios-application	Assignee:	Lucas W. <lucas.wang>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Christopher Snowhill 2025-08-30 09:59:22 UTC

SUMMARY
KDE Connect is failing to transfer photos from my phone.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Pair my phone 
2. Attempt to send a photo

OBSERVED RESULT
The transfer immediately fails on the phone end with a broken pipe error. It sits waiting on the PC side indefinitely. An error is logged in my journal:

```
Aug 30 02:50:13 copycat kdeconnectd[3932]: kdeconnect.core: Disconnecting due to fatal SSL Error:  "The certificate has expired"
```


EXPECTED RESULT
It should send the photo to my desktop.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux - kernel: linux-cachyos 6.16.4-3
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Looks like there's an expired certificate somewhere. Is it in the iOS app, or is it something in my user profile that I should delete?

Comment 1 Christopher Snowhill 2025-08-31 05:41:19 UTC

Maybe you should make it clearer in the documentation that the client certificate needs wiping periodically.