Bug 513591

Summary: When performing updates getting status code 429 on themes
Product: [Applications] Discover Reporter: TraceyC <kdedev>
Component: KNewStuff BackendAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: aleixpol, FamiliarSpaceDragon, justin, leinir
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Solus   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507638
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513747
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description TraceyC 2025-12-19 21:41:07 UTC 
SUMMARY
While performing updates in Discover I received 429 errors when it attempting to download themes

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have at least one theme installed from Get New Stuff ex: "Blur-Glassy-Solid-Aurorae-6"
2. Open Discover and perform updates

OBSERVED RESULT
Error seen with themes ex:

Error 1 of 8
Download of "Blur-Glassy-Solid-Aurorae-6" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTcxMDYxNjIzMiwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiNDFjZjg5ZTVkYjMxMTZlM2MwZTEwM2JhYjAxOTllMjJjODE0MjYwN2RlZTIyZGU2YWUxNWUxNDRlODE1YjMxOTQxN2M2YTBlOWNiNzEyY2IyNzM5NjUwZmYxNDIxNjBiOWEyYjA2ZThlZTFiY2Y4OTEyOTMyODU0ZTJmZjU4MzYiLCJ0IjoxNzY2MTgwOTg3LCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiNzAuMTQwLjE0MS4xNjAifQ.5eLgg6pAkg5RsJ2GJVcWLv3Z_hZzr51z988nAHHkms4/Blur-Glassy-Solid-Aurorae-6.tar.gz - server replied with status code 429

EXPECTED RESULT
All packages and themes are updated without errors

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Solus 4.8
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.8-324.current (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® UHD Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Other errors

Download of "Amy-Dark-Aurorae-6" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTcxMTYxODI4MiwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiODlmOGM1MjRiYmUzMzczYzQ2NTU1ZmQ3ODhmYjk0YjlkZDkxOTEzMTlhN2I1Njk3ZWFiYjlhMDFjZjRkNDliNjY5NDcwMzlmNzljN2FiNmRiOWI2NDg4N2Q2YWU3NDIzZWE4Y2RmNDA4YTJjMjYxMWY2MmVkZmNjZTU4MWUzNTYiLCJ0IjoxNzY2MTgwOTg3LCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiNzAuMTQwLjE0MS4xNjAifQ.TMDF1DrESRhIohm9ZcX-AMxkuGn9sm_dvF0gGHbgbcU/Amy-Dark-Aurorae-6.tar.gz - server replied with status code 429

Download of "ketsa aurorae" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTc2NTczNzczMCwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiMjI3MjcxMmQ0M2RkZGZkZjI1NWRjNjVlOGNjOTY2Y2NiMmYyOGFjMTNjZDRmMjAyZDg5YjJlOGM2NjlkNTBmMDI2YzkwZGMyM2E3YWNhNWViN2M5MGRlZjEzNzg3ZjkxZmY4ZTE4OGRhNTBmNzgzYzk5YWYxMjBkN2MzNGQ4NTgiLCJ0IjoxNzY2MTgwOTg3LCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiNzAuMTQwLjE0MS4xNjAifQ.jA46UDAKxSoZEE47nmals1_aqNo3vnkH_zk_kqGj0ic/ketsa.tar.xz - server replied with status code 429

Download of "Catppuccin Mocha" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTc2NTczNTY5NiwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiY2Q0M2M4MDlmZTRiNDI0ZDZmODg2ZTU5MDg0YWQyNmJlODQyM2Q3MzNjZmM5MjUyZjkyZWY3OWQ5NjMwMGQyMjkzMzJiZTQ1NjNiNTA2YjFkNTk1ZTJkNTI3NzMwNjUyOGMwYmI1NzY4MDNiNzE2ZGI5NGQ1NTRhNWRhMjVkZTUiLCJ0IjoxNzY2MTgwOTg3LCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiNzAuMTQwLjE0MS4xNjAifQ.TZhDuIpnIetmN_FpOi1REgfLdAVAUl5SrrjTF7VcXdU/CatppuccinMocha.tar.xz - server replied with status code 429

Download of "Amy-Dark-Aurorae-6" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTcxMTYxODI4MiwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiODlmOGM1MjRiYmUzMzczYzQ2NTU1ZmQ3ODhmYjk0YjlkZDkxOTEzMTlhN2I1Njk3ZWFiYjlhMDFjZjRkNDliNjY5NDcwMzlmNzljN2FiNmRiOWI2NDg4N2Q2YWU3NDIzZWE4Y2RmNDA4YTJjMjYxMWY2MmVkZmNjZTU4MWUzNTYiLCJ0IjoxNzY2MTgwOTg3LCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiNzAuMTQwLjE0MS4xNjAifQ.TMDF1DrESRhIohm9ZcX-AMxkuGn9sm_dvF0gGHbgbcU/Amy-Dark-Aurorae-6.tar.gz - server replied with status code 429

Download of "ketsa aurorae" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTc2NTczNzczMCwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiMjI3MjcxMmQ0M2RkZGZkZjI1NWRjNjVlOGNjOTY2Y2NiMmYyOGFjMTNjZDRmMjAyZDg5YjJlOGM2NjlkNTBmMDI2YzkwZGMyM2E3YWNhNWViN2M5MGRlZjEzNzg3ZjkxZmY4ZTE4OGRhNTBmNzgzYzk5YWYxMjBkN2MzNGQ4NTgiLCJ0IjoxNzY2MTgwOTg3LCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiNzAuMTQwLjE0MS4xNjAifQ.jA46UDAKxSoZEE47nmals1_aqNo3vnkH_zk_kqGj0ic/ketsa.tar.xz - server replied with status code 429

Download of "Wings-Light-Wallpaper" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTY3NzMxOTQ5MSwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiNjI3MDJiMmY4NWQwN2EwNjg1OTFhOWM3YzU1MjY4ODM0ZGU4YjFjM2M4YzVkM2UzZWU3YTAyM2I5MjM3ZjdlNjAyZTQzNGIxMzgyNjIyYTkxYmI4MzNjMmQ0NmQ5NTZmMDBhMmQ3MGNkOWU0ZDAxZDAxNTVhODk1YWRhZmE4NjEiLCJ0IjoxNzY2MTgwOTg3LCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiNzAuMTQwLjE0MS4xNjAifQ.EVgc0xAX7rQOCMPdqcijBnhJ_2m1qasVJp89ZVGsNoA/Wings-Light-Wallpaper-With-KDE-Plasma-Logo.png - server replied with status code 429

Download of "Apple Cursor" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTc2NTczNjEwMSwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiYjYwMjRiNzhjMTdiZDljMDNmODllOTkzODNiYTY2MGE5Mjg4NWM0MTljZTMyMWExMzJiZmQ2YWI4YTk2MjIxY2ExZjE0OTU3MjlkYTQzZDAyNGEwNGY0Yzc5YmQ3ZGViOGQ4NGI4MmMxM2FhNjBlNDA1MDc1ZWQxOTQ0NGQ4MzgiLCJ0IjoxNzY2MTgwOTg3LCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiNzAuMTQwLjE0MS4xNjAifQ.hrg91rUGPIxfqtQpP8QKgJIDPV__lPw7ox9kNjMluO0/Apple-cursors.tar.xz - server replied with status code 429
Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2026-01-02 23:34:03 UTC 
429 is too many requests.

We'll need to scale back how many updates it tries to do at a time.
Comment 3 Justin Zobel 2026-01-02 23:35:29 UTC 
It would probably be wise as well to add in a retry if the download fails. For example, retry in 5 seconds.
Comment 4 TraceyC 2026-02-04 17:27:58 UTC 
*** Bug 515315 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 TraceyC 2026-02-04 17:28:29 UTC 
The duplicate report has application logs with details about the error
Comment 6 TraceyC 2026-02-11 23:38:16 UTC 
*** Bug 503145 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***