I have option to show status bar. But at start no status is visible. It is shown after switching it off in Settings menu and switching on again (which is absent in latest build for some reason). Or Opening search panel (Ctrl+F) and closing it (Esc) — status is shown again. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use option to show status bar. 2. Close Kate. 3. Start Kate. Actual Results: No status bar. Expected Results: Status bar should present.
Hm, unfortunately we cannot reproduce, which version of Kate and KDE Frameworks are you using? *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 349763 ***