Bug 511276

Summary:	Disabling microphone through Audio Volume popup does not allow you to enable it with a keyboard mic mute shortcut
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	VolRen <poryvay.vladik>
Component:	Audio Volume widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	fogdace, isma.af, kde, kdedev, mmbossoni, mumei6102, nate, pallaswept
Priority:	HI	Keywords:	regression
Version First Reported In:	6.5.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	CachyOS
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428778 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435142 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508170 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511576
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Description VolRen 2025-10-28 17:12:39 UTC

SUMMARY
In KDE Plasma 6.5, if I mute the microphone using the system tray icon, I can't turn it on using a keyboard shortcut. The shortcut works fine for toggling the microphone when it's already disabled, but after disabling the microphone via the tray, it remains disabled until I manually click the tray icon again. It's not a visual issue - the microphone remains completely disabled regardless of using the keyboard shortcut.

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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Disable the microphone using the system tray icon.
2. Trying to turn on the microphone using a keyboard shortcut will not work.
3. Enabling the microphone via the tray icon restores normal functionality.

OBSERVED RESULT
The microphone remains disconnected. not regardless of using hotkeys.

EXPECTED RESULT
The microphone should also be enabled using hotkeys after being disabled in the tray.

Linux/KDE Plasma: CachyOS
KDE Plasma Version:  6.5.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
No such problems on plasma 6.4.5

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-10-28 22:34:15 UTC

I can reproduce this on Plasma built from git-master

Also, I saw that when I pressed the unmute keyboard shortcut in step 2, I saw the OSD that the microphone was unmuted. The system tray icon, however, still showed the checkbox next to the mic mute. The settings for Jitsi (in a web browser) showed I still needed to provide access to my mic.

Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-10-29 20:11:07 UTC

*** Bug 511310 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Błażej Szczygieł 2025-11-20 23:25:24 UTC

Microphone toggle mute is half-broken, still not fixed in 6.5.3.

Comment 4 Błażej Szczygieł 2025-11-22 18:49:14 UTC

Same with right-click and "Force mute all input devices" - when this get unchecked, the microphone is not unmuted, but we got a notification that's unmuted.

Comment 5 Marcelo Bossoni 2025-12-01 03:53:49 UTC

This happens on output devices as well

Comment 6 pallaswept 2025-12-01 04:01:08 UTC

(In reply to Marcelo Bossoni from comment #5)
> This happens on output devices as well

See linked bug 508170

Comment 7 Nate Graham 2025-12-09 04:05:39 UTC

I can reproduce this issue.

Comment 8 Nate Graham 2025-12-09 04:08:51 UTC

*** Bug 512963 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***