Bug 515834

Summary:	Weather widget fails to pull weather information
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Edward <papashrek70>
Component:	Weather widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	normal	CC:	fella, isma.af
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	EndeavourOS
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Edward 2026-02-10 19:36:59 UTC

SUMMARY
Weather widget tend to fail to load weather, especially when connected to VPN.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. turn on Windscribe vpn
2. After connection to the tunnel system goes to "unable to load info, if this continues for more than a day report a bug.
3. Turn off VPN system returns to normal after a few minuts

OBSERVED RESULT
When on VPN, weather stops providing weather updates and show error message

EXPECTED RESULT
Local weather should be available even when in VPN tunnel.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: EndeavourOS 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.8-arch2-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (13.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82SG
System Version: IdeaPad 5 15ABA7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This occurs regardless of  Wi-Fi connection locattion.

Comment 1 Tobias Fella 2026-02-11 10:17:21 UTC

I can't entirely reproduce this; would you mind sharing which provider (and maybe even location) you're setting up?

Comment 2 Edward 2026-02-11 23:42:01 UTC

I have had this problem on both AT&T and Spectrum for providers. VPN provider I use is Windscribe

I usually connect to Vancouver Canada for torrenting, but, I have had this issue with locations such as New York, Denver and Dallas.