Bug 511513

Summary:	Notifications ignore timer set by user
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Riccardo Robecchi <sephiroth_pk>
Component:	Notifications	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	akselmo, fella, kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.1
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Riccardo Robecchi 2025-11-02 12:40:12 UTC

SUMMARY
Notifications seemingly ignore the timer chosen in the settings and instead time out in about 4 seconds. This happens whatever value is set.
This does not seem to be tied to bug 419421 as the screen refresh rate is 60 Hz (59.93 Hz according to the "Display Configuration" KCM).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set the notification timer in the settings to e.g. 10 seconds
2. Get a notification 

OBSERVED RESULT
The timer setting is ignored and the notification expires in about 4 seconds. 

EXPECTED RESULT
The timer settings are honoured.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Endeavour OS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Display system: X11
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6750M (radeon driver)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Akseli Lahtinen 2025-11-03 10:26:41 UTC

I am unable to repro this

Operating System: KDE Linux 2025-11-03
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.6-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-12-10 19:09:04 UTC

Does it happen on Wayland too? Or only on X11?

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-12-25 03:46:38 UTC

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Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-09 03:47:17 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

Comment 5 Riccardo Robecchi 2026-02-15 22:06:50 UTC

Sorry for my late reply. It happens on Wayland, too. I do not experience this bug with all notifications; the ones which are most reliably too short are those from ZapZap (Qt WhatsApp client).

Comment 6 Tobias Fella 2026-02-16 10:53:31 UTC

Just to clarify: You do mean just the notifications plasma-style notifications, not those entirely done by other apps (i.e., that won't go through the standard notification infrastructure, will be styled differently, etc.), right?

Comment 7 Riccardo Robecchi 2026-02-16 11:39:11 UTC

Yes, I did not specify that as it seemed obvious.

Comment 8 Tobias Fella 2026-02-16 12:17:51 UTC

Does the animation for the notification timeout match the custom time you specified, or the time after which the notification ends up being closed?

Comment 9 Riccardo Robecchi 2026-02-16 16:28:46 UTC

No, the animation plays out in a shorter amount of time than what I set (10 seconds). To be crystal clear, the bar goes from full to empty in about 4 seconds, while the animation plays "normally" (as in, it's not choppy nor there are graphical glitches, it's simply shorter).