Bug 509462

Summary: Dolphin hangs when connected to a VPN
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Bernd Marscheider <bernd.marscheider>
Component: panels: foldersAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: kfm-devel
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 25.04.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian stable   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Attachments: Dolphin journal entries while vpn connection is established

Description Bernd Marscheider 2025-09-13 15:52:41 UTC
Created attachment 184935 [details]
Dolphin journal entries while vpn connection is established

When I am connected to a VPN Dolphin starts with a long delay only. After it has started it shows the latest folders (this is how I did configure it).
But: Even local folders are empty. For example /mnt/localdata which is mounted in fstab by this line: /dev/sda4 /mnt/drive_d auto rw,nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Establish a vpn connection ( in my case it's Cisco Secure Client 5.1.9.113)
2. Mount a local drive in fstab
3. Open Dolphin in KDE Plasma 6.3.6 in Debian 13 stable and try to access the files.

OBSERVED RESULT
All folders are empty

EXPECTED RESULT
I expected to be able to access any local files and folders, except the mounted network drives. 
I expected a delay of some seconds if dolphin had been started after being closed with open network share.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma:  Debian 13 / KDE
KDE Plasma Version:  6.3.6
KDE Frameworks Version:  6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I have not much experience yet. Perhaps I have to do some further configuration. Attached you will find the result of journalctl grep dolphin