Version:           2.3.0 (using 4.3.00 (KDE 4.3.0), Gentoo)
Compiler:          i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.30-gentoo-r4

When kget crashes (and it does that pretty often during transfers, there are already multiple bug reports of that) it leaves an orphaned notification item (a stuck progress bar to be exact) behind in the systray area of kde. This item cannot be removed other than by logging out from kde. BTW: I hate that because kde runs pretty stable and I seldom need to log out. ;-)

This is probably less a problem with kget than more a general design problem with the notification mechanism. So please move the bug if appropriate.

I leave the severity as "bug" instead of "crash" because while a crash is involved the orphaned item is just an artifact of that and no crash per se. Still it is annoying. It happens with kopete sometimes too which seems to loose track of its notification items and thus some cannot be closed/removed. At least since kde 4.3 this is less often and less annoying.

This bug is reproducable with kget. Just make it crash (eg by sending appropriate signals). Progress in notification won't be cleaned up.