Bug 513477

Summary:	All tabs lost due to formatting change in session file
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Richard Kellnberger <Richard1.Kellnberger>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	ben2talk, dolphin-bugs-null, oliver.schramm97
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.12.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Richard Kellnberger 2025-12-17 13:02:13 UTC

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SUMMARY
The formatting in `.config/session/dolphin_dolphin_dolphin` has changed rendering all old tabs broken.
They seem to default to my home folder now.
The session file seems to save the selected file twice now.
This does not seem right to me.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have tabs saved in `dolphin_dolphin_dolphin`
2. Update
3. Open dolphin

OBSERVED RESULT
All tabs point to home


EXPECTED RESULT
All tabs point where they used to

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Manjaro Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If you could tell me what the significance of the binary between the paths is I could write a small porting script, given that the change in formatting is indeed intended.

Comment 1 Ben Guy-Williams 2025-12-17 15:50:53 UTC

KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.1-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

I copied back a session file from before this update, and can confirm that the session loaded with the correct number of tabs, but all were pointing to Home.

I also tested a workaround at dinner time - restoring a snapshot from before the update, loading up the session, then saving that session as a bookmark folder.

After restoring the current snapshot, I was able to load the bookmark folder and restore that session.

Comment 2 Ben Guy-Williams 2025-12-17 16:36:18 UTC

Alternatively downgrading to 25.08.3 enabled loading the session too (then saved as bookmarks, and reinstall dolphin).

Comment 3 Oliver Schramm 2025-12-17 17:27:55 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 513466 ***