Bug 515955

Summary:	Spectacle can't upload screenshots to Imgur anymore
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Paul Brown <paul.brown>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	droidgoo, kde, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.91
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Paul Brown 2026-02-13 17:17:50 UTC

SUMMARY

When you try yo upload a screenshot from imgur from Spectacle, you get an error that reads:

"There was a problem sharing the image: /tmp/Spectacle.gDnvTH/Screenshot_[date]_[time].png"

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start Spectacle and take a screenshot 
2. Use "Export" > "Share" > "Upload Publicly to Imgur"

OBSERVED RESULT

Uploading fails with the error mentioned above.

EXPECTED RESULT

That the image gets uploaded and Spectacle returns an URL to the image to paste somewhere.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.91
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.11.0
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-arch1-2 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This seems to affect multiple versions of Spectacle across several platforms as mentioned here:

https://discuss.kde.org/t/uploading-to-imgur-stopped-working-yesterday/44291

Comment 1 goo 2026-02-13 20:27:49 UTC

same on plasma 5 

Operating System: Kubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.12
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-14-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: offscreen
Processors: 28 × Intel® Core™ i7-14700K
Memory: 62.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comment 2 krovikan 2026-02-13 21:19:12 UTC

Same here with Plasma 6 Wayland.

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260207
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
KDE Gear: 25.12.2
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.8-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

Comment 3 Nicolas Fella 2026-02-13 21:59:01 UTC

The server returns HTTP 429 "Too many requests"

https://status.imgur.com/ shows "Degraded Performance" for Upload, so possibly a server issue?

Comment 4 Paul Brown 2026-02-14 07:46:52 UTC

I see. I thought it may be an issue on their side, but thought it would be they had changed something about uploading from third applications and Spectacle would need to be adapted.