Bug 509641

Summary:	the plasmashell starts crashing randomly and starting it again with (kstart plasmashell) sometimes fixes it (not consistent)
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Yousef Abdallah <yosefaljamal9999>
Component:	generic-crash	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	crash	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	CachyOS
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	created by cachyos-bugreport.sh , log for the whole system backtrace of plasmashell crash

Description Yousef Abdallah 2025-09-18 15:50:09 UTC

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SUMMARY
the plasmashell starts crashing randomly and starting it again with (kstart plasmashell) sometimes fixes it (not consistent) it's usually happens when I'm on battery tho? weird

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
not applicable... it gets much more unstable when I install any theme plugin tho 

OBSERVED RESULT
constant crashes for plasmashell

EXPECTED RESULT
works as intended

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: CachyOS Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
the desktop environment don't completely crashes out, I can like control some stuff while plasmashell crashing again and again
and this is log using cachyos script: https://paste.cachyos.org/p/4c2335f.log

Comment 1 Yousef Abdallah 2025-09-18 15:54:45 UTC

Created attachment 185055 [details]
created by cachyos-bugreport.sh , log for the whole system

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-09-18 20:20:15 UTC

If something crashed, we need a backtrace of it so we can figure out what's going on. Can you please attach a backtrace of the crash using the `coredumpctl` command-line program, as detailed in https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports#Retrieving_a_backtrace_using_coredumpctl?

Thanks!

Comment 3 Yousef Abdallah 2025-09-19 14:16:58 UTC

Created attachment 185098 [details]
backtrace of plasmashell crash

I believe this is what u want, I hope... sorry I'm not very good at using linux in general

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-09-23 15:26:44 UTC

Thanks. It's a known issue that's being actively investigated. In the meantime, disabling the "Media Player" widget should work around the issue.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 509192 ***