Bug 510713

Summary: Application Dashboard (Full Screen Launcher) "Often Used Applications" list does not display applications
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: wena.zak
Component: Application Dashboard widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: cwo.kde, niccolo
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.4.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: "Often Used" applications section is empty

Description wena.zak 2025-10-17 08:24:37 UTC
Created attachment 185854 [details]
"Often Used" applications section is empty

Description:
When using the Plasma 6 Application Dashboard, the "Often Used" applications section is empty or does not update with the applications I use often.

Steps to Reproduce:
      Open and use several different applications multiple times (e.g., Firefox, Kate, Konsole, System Settings).
      Open the Application Dashboard.
      Observe the "Often Used" section.

Expected Behavior:
The "Often Used" section should be populated with a list of applications recently or frequently launched.
Actual Behavior:
The "Often Used" section remains empty or displays an outdated list, regardless of which applications have been used.

Details:
Operating System: Manjaro
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Application Launcher Type: Application Dashboard
Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2025-10-17 08:33:39 UTC
Thank you for the bug report!

However Plasma 6.3.6 no longer receives updates or maintenance from KDE; active versions are 6.4 or newer. Please upgrade to an active 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 help with Plasma 6.3.6, please contact your distribution, who bears the responsibility of providing help for older releases that are no longer receiving updates from KDE.

If you can reproduce the issue after upgrading to an active version, feel free to re-open this bug report.
Comment 2 wena.zak 2025-10-17 08:42:00 UTC
(In reply to Bug Janitor Service from comment #1)
> Thank you for the bug report!
> 
> However Plasma 6.3.6 no longer receives updates or maintenance from KDE;
> active versions are 6.4 or newer. Please upgrade to an active 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 help with Plasma 6.3.6, please contact your distribution, who
> bears the responsibility of providing help for older releases that are no
> longer receiving updates from KDE.
> 
> If you can reproduce the issue after upgrading to an active version, feel
> free to re-open this bug report.

Manjaro has no newer version in stable branch.
Comment 3 wena.zak 2025-10-17 09:13:31 UTC
Same results with 6.4.5
Comment 4 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-10-21 08:26:05 UTC
I do not have any "Often Used" section. Do you get any on Plasam 6.5?
Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-05 03:47:53 UTC
🐛🧹 ⚠️ 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 6 wena.zak 2025-11-05 08:02:11 UTC
I have 6.4.5
Comment 7 cwo 2025-12-21 02:55:47 UTC
"Often used" is a section that you can enable in the settings, it replaces "Frequently used".

It seems to work fine here though on Plasma 6.5.

Do you have Recent Files disabled in System Settings? I'm not 100% sure, but it might not store the application launch counts if that's disabled.
Comment 8 wena.zak 2025-12-21 09:53:55 UTC
(In reply to cwo from comment #7)
> "Often used" is a section that you can enable in the settings, it replaces
> "Frequently used".
> 
> It seems to work fine here though on Plasma 6.5.
> 
> Do you have Recent Files disabled in System Settings? I'm not 100% sure, but
> it might not store the application launch counts if that's disabled.

Yes, I had Recent Files enabled in system setting. But there is also recent files in settings to keep history. I switch "remember opened documents" for "all applications" and often used applications works correctly now.