Bug 520290

Summary: digiKam hangs after choosing WebDAVs network share (KDE).
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: sm8ps <sm8ps.kde>
Component: Setup-CollectionsAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles, metzpinguin, sm8ps.kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 8.8.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Snap   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 9.1.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description sm8ps 2026-05-17 14:16:34 UTC 
DESCRIPTION
When selecting a WebDAVs network share (via Dolphin on KDE) the collections setup window hangs indefinitely.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Connect a WebDAVs share in Dolphin so that it appears under Remote devices > Network (name = TEST).
2. In Digikam's collections setup, choose "Collections on Network Shares" > "Add Collection" and select the network share "TEST".

OBSERVED RESULT
The selected network share does not appear in the list of collections in the collections setup window. The window hangs indefinitely and does not react to the OK or Cancel buttons. Digikam has to be killed.

EXPECTED RESULT
The network share should appear in the list of collections and its albums should be integrated, e.g. it should be searched for (new) images.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.12
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-117-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: offscreen
Processors: 12 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1335U
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics

Digikam is installed as a Snap with the standard connections. There is no sign of activity in the process manager and no error is report when starting it from the terminal.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The network share is rather small (~70 MB, single sub-folders with 38 images).
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2026-05-17 14:22:38 UTC 
digiKam supports only locally mounted network drives. On Windows, UNC-based network shares are supported.
KIO-based shares are not supported, nor are there any plans to support them.
Furthermore, when running as a Snap package, digiKam is restricted to the home directory due to sandboxing.

Maik
Comment 2 sm8ps 2026-05-17 14:39:54 UTC 
Thanks a lot, Maik, for clarifying! I had literally spent hours trying to find a way to make things work. I had mounted the share locally via DAVfs2 before but under /media/ which I thought would be covered by the Snap connection digikam:removable-media. It all works as expected with a mount point in the home directory. Closing as RESOLVED/NOT A BUG.
Cheers!