Bug 512905

Summary:	Forever Fetching updates... screen
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	kdeuzver <asdf-kd>
Component:	Updates	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	aleixpol
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	screencast of the endless fetching progress bar APT repo endless fetching progress bar

Description kdeuzver 2025-12-03 14:16:12 UTC

SUMMARY
Forever Fetching updates... screen

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Run plasma-discover
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OBSERVED RESULT
If some repositories do not respond, you will constantly see the hanging “Fetching updates...” screen every time you start Discover, even after the apt timeout.

EXPECTED RESULT
Hanging “Fetching updates...” screen

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.9.3
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-36-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.8 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Graphics


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 kdeuzver 2025-12-15 17:20:22 UTC

Created attachment 187680 [details]
screencast of the endless fetching progress bar

screencast of the endless fetching progress bar

Comment 2 kdeuzver 2025-12-15 17:26:42 UTC

Created attachment 187681 [details]
APT repo endless fetching progress bar

APT repo can return a GPG error or EXPKEYSIG which leads to endless fetching progress bar