Bug 364662 - Opening URLs is very slow or aborted completely
Summary: Opening URLs is very slow or aborted completely
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.22.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR grave
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2016-06-23 08:56 UTC by Bzzz
Modified: 2019-09-05 04:43 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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kde-open5 strace with timestamps (845.35 KB, text/plain)
2019-09-05 04:27 UTC, Parker Reed
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Malformed kioslaverc (171 bytes, text/plain)
2019-09-05 04:43 UTC, Parker Reed
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Description Bzzz 2016-06-23 08:56:21 UTC
Clicking links in the RSS reader quiterss results in a massive delay since upgrading KDE from standard Ubuntu Xenial packages to the KDE PPA ones (kio 5.22.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04~ppa1). It can take 1-2 minutes until something happens, either all clicked addresses in that time frame open in bulk (in Firefox), which means there is the chance that some "not responding" error occurs in FF because of everything happening at once, or a popup titled "Error -- KIO Client" appears which says "Connection to host XYZ is broken". In both cases the opened links are lost and one has to remember what they did two minutes ago.
This does not happen for all applications (in case you want me to open a quiterss bug): I've tested the konsole command 
xdg-open 'https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=124392&p=327270#p327270'
from bug 342677, which works exactly the same. It took around 75 seconds to open and the konsole freezes during that time. However, clicking stuff in mails in thunderbird does somehow bypass this problem and everything is opened instantly.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click link in certain applications, e.g. xdg-open 'https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=124392&p=327270#p327270'  or some news feed in quiterss
2. Wait 1-2 minutes

Actual Results:  
3. link opens in firefox or error message from "KIO Client" pops up

Expected Results:  
2. Instant opening of the link
3. Everyone is happy because the system responds in an instant, nothing is lost during waiting time

As the popup does not contain the full URL but just the host, the page clicked cannot be retrieved in case an error occurs. Therefore I chose "Grave", as waiting up to 2 minutes PER CLICK (or losing stuff on the way) isn't acceptable.
Note that this is an Ubuntu Xenial LTS installation that doesn't get rebooted that often, current uptime is 17d.
Comment 1 Bzzz 2016-06-30 07:34:43 UTC
running the xdg command with strace results in:

trace xdg-open 'https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=124392&p=327270#p327270'
execve("/usr/bin/xdg-open", ["xdg-open", "https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic."...], [/* 76 vars */]) = 0
brk(NULL)                               = 0x560b4479f000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f9674e55000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=280150, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 280150, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f9674e10000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0P\t\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1864888, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3967488, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f9674869000
mprotect(0x7f9674a29000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f9674c28000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1bf000) = 0x7f9674c28000
mmap(0x7f9674c2e000, 14848, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f9674c2e000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f9674e0f000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f9674e0e000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f9674e0d000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f9674e0e700) = 0
mprotect(0x7f9674c28000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x560b429d2000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f9674e57000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f9674e10000, 280150)          = 0
getuid()                                = 1000
getgid()                                = 1000
getpid()                                = 6029
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x560b427c6540, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f967489e4a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
geteuid()                               = 1000
brk(NULL)                               = 0x560b4479f000
brk(0x560b447c0000)                     = 0x560b447c0000
getppid()                               = 6027
stat("/home/bzzz/Downloads", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=69632, ...}) = 0
stat(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=69632, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/bin/xdg-open", O_RDONLY)     = 3
fcntl(3, F_DUPFD, 10)                   = 10
close(3)                                = 0
fcntl(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)          = 0
geteuid()                               = 1000
getegid()                               = 1000
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x560b427c6540, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f967489e4a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f967489e4a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f967489e4a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
read(10, "#!/bin/sh\n#---------------------"..., 8192) = 8192
read(10, " echo \"Use --novendor to overrid"..., 8192) = 8192
read(10, "desktop\n    if [ -r \"$dir/$defau"..., 8192) = 6362
stat("/usr/local/sbin/kde-open5", 0x7ffd2093e500) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/bin/kde-open5", 0x7ffd2093e500) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/sbin/kde-open5", 0x7ffd2093e500) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/bin/kde-open5", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=31696, ...}) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f9674e0e9d0) = 6030
wait4(-1, 

[waits...]

[{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 6030
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=6030, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=8, si_stime=2} ---
rt_sigreturn({mask=[]})                 = 6030
exit_group(0)                           = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++

after that, I ran the same command again one folder higher (~/), and it instantly opened the web page:

strace xdg-open 'https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=124392&p=327270#p327270'
execve("/usr/bin/xdg-open", ["xdg-open", "https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic."...], [/* 76 vars */]) = 0
brk(NULL)                               = 0x561eef8a1000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7efe17cc7000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=280150, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 280150, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7efe17c82000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0P\t\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1864888, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3967488, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7efe176db000
mprotect(0x7efe1789b000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7efe17a9a000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1bf000) = 0x7efe17a9a000
mmap(0x7efe17aa0000, 14848, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7efe17aa0000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7efe17c81000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7efe17c80000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7efe17c7f000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7efe17c80700) = 0
mprotect(0x7efe17a9a000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x561eedfb6000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7efe17cc9000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7efe17c82000, 280150)          = 0
getuid()                                = 1000
getgid()                                = 1000
getpid()                                = 6061
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x561eeddaa540, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7efe177104a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
geteuid()                               = 1000
brk(NULL)                               = 0x561eef8a1000
brk(0x561eef8c2000)                     = 0x561eef8c2000
getppid()                               = 6059
stat("/home/bzzz", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=20480, ...}) = 0
stat(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=20480, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/bin/xdg-open", O_RDONLY)     = 3
fcntl(3, F_DUPFD, 10)                   = 10
close(3)                                = 0
fcntl(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)          = 0
geteuid()                               = 1000
getegid()                               = 1000
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x561eeddaa540, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7efe177104a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7efe177104a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7efe177104a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
read(10, "#!/bin/sh\n#---------------------"..., 8192) = 8192
read(10, " echo \"Use --novendor to overrid"..., 8192) = 8192
read(10, "desktop\n    if [ -r \"$dir/$defau"..., 8192) = 6362
stat("/usr/local/sbin/kde-open5", 0x7ffd2bdad3f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/bin/kde-open5", 0x7ffd2bdad3f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/sbin/kde-open5", 0x7ffd2bdad3f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/bin/kde-open5", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=31696, ...}) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7efe17c809d0) = 6062
wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 6062
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=6062, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=7, si_stime=2} ---
rt_sigreturn({mask=[]})                 = 6062
exit_group(0)                           = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++

Now it works instantly in all folders with this very link, but external links from e.g. quiterss still do not succeed. I just found an engadget post that had 10 errors in 10 tries and xdg-open is also not capable of opening it in Firefox:

strace xdg-open 'https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/29/ai-laywer-shoots-down-160000-parking-tickets/'
execve("/usr/bin/xdg-open", ["xdg-open", "https://www.engadget.com/2016/06"...], [/* 76 vars */]) = 0
brk(NULL)                               = 0x55931402b000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f51bd424000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=280150, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 280150, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f51bd3df000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0P\t\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1864888, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3967488, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f51bce38000
mprotect(0x7f51bcff8000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f51bd1f7000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1bf000) = 0x7f51bd1f7000
mmap(0x7f51bd1fd000, 14848, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f51bd1fd000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f51bd3de000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f51bd3dd000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f51bd3dc000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f51bd3dd700) = 0
mprotect(0x7f51bd1f7000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x55931213f000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f51bd426000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f51bd3df000, 280150)          = 0
getuid()                                = 1000
getgid()                                = 1000
getpid()                                = 6169
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x559311f33540, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f51bce6d4a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
geteuid()                               = 1000
brk(NULL)                               = 0x55931402b000
brk(0x55931404c000)                     = 0x55931404c000
getppid()                               = 6167
stat("/home/bzzz/Downloads", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=69632, ...}) = 0
stat(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=69632, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/bin/xdg-open", O_RDONLY)     = 3
fcntl(3, F_DUPFD, 10)                   = 10
close(3)                                = 0
fcntl(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)          = 0
geteuid()                               = 1000
getegid()                               = 1000
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x559311f33540, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f51bce6d4a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f51bce6d4a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f51bce6d4a0}, NULL, 8) = 0
read(10, "#!/bin/sh\n#---------------------"..., 8192) = 8192
read(10, " echo \"Use --novendor to overrid"..., 8192) = 8192
read(10, "desktop\n    if [ -r \"$dir/$defau"..., 8192) = 6362
stat("/usr/local/sbin/kde-open5", 0x7ffcd2708070) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/bin/kde-open5", 0x7ffcd2708070) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/sbin/kde-open5", 0x7ffcd2708070) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/bin/kde-open5", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=31696, ...}) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f51bd3dd9d0) = 6170
wait4(-1, 

[waits 75s]

KRun(0x2635210) ERROR (stat): 124   "Connection to host www.engadget.com is broken."
[{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0, NULL) = 6170
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=6170, si_uid=1000, si_status=1, si_utime=19, si_stime=2} ---
rt_sigreturn({mask=[]})                 = 6170
exit_group(4)                           = ?
+++ exited with 4 +++
Comment 2 Konrad Materka 2016-07-27 07:41:59 UTC
I think the root cause is that KDE is trying to open url internally, then passes it to the browser. This approach has several flaws, including big delay, redirection issues, proxy etc. Passed url should go directly to browser.

The root cause was reported in:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354246
Comment 3 Konrad Materka 2016-07-27 10:41:55 UTC
In other words - xdg-open runs kde-open5 which uses KRun mechanism from KIO. When no external browser is set in System Setting then it causes issues.
Workaround (not fix!) is to setup "firefox" as default browser in System Setting -> Application -> Default application -> Web browser. You can also put there x-www-browser if Firefox is your system default.
Comment 4 Andrea Scarpino 2017-04-29 15:12:03 UTC
*** Bug 354246 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Andrea Scarpino 2017-04-30 22:50:27 UTC
I'm trying to fix this, but I need some help.

I found out that since redirectionHandlingEnabled is enabled by default, this statement in transferjob.cpp at https://cgit.kde.org/kio.git/tree/src/core/transferjob.cpp#n114 handles the redirection.
I tried to disable the redirection in krun.cpp at https://cgit.kde.org/kio.git/tree/src/widgets/krun.cpp#n1147, but I broke it because kde-open5 "never ends", but instead waits for something. I suspect foundMimeType() should be call (which is triggered when mimetype signal is emitted at https://cgit.kde.org/kio.git/tree/src/widgets/krun.cpp#n1151, but with redirectionHandlingEnabled=false this switch case at https://cgit.kde.org/kio.git/tree/src/core/slaveinterface.cpp#n250 is never triggered and then mimetype signal isn't emit.
Comment 6 Geert Janssens 2017-10-16 10:58:31 UTC
While bug 354216 was marked as a duplicate of this one, it describes the root cause much better: kde-open5 is not coping well with several http(s) variants. As this bug is kept open and the bug 354216 marked as a duplicate, it may be useful to change the title of this bug to reflect this cause.

I'm hitting this same issue mostly when clicking on links in mail messages in KMail, presently with kmail 17.04.1 on Fedora 26. Before stumbling on this bug I thought kde-open5 was mangling certain urls (like improperly escaping special characters such as '#', '&', '?' and similar), but now I believe it's the improper redirection handling that's causing most of it. So I'd be very happy to see some progress on this bug.

Unfortunately I don't know the kde codebase at all so I'm not in a position to answer Andrea's questions in comment 5. Can someone else chime in ? Thanks.

And lastly, the workaround suggested in comment 3 works for me for now.
Comment 7 Konrad Materka 2017-11-02 14:59:36 UTC
The comment 6 above is wrong, probably added by accident in this bug report. Bug 354216 is *not* a duplicate of this one - it looks as a completely different story.
This bug is a duplicate of (or in fact is duplicated by) bug 354246. I described it in comment 2 and comment 3, also description in bug 354216 is very good.
Comment 8 Geert Janssens 2017-11-02 16:39:31 UTC
Oops, that was a typo in comment 6 indeed. I meant to refer to the bug that was actually set as a duplicate of this one. Sorry about the confusion.

The core remains though, I'd very much like to see this one fixed, although the helpful workaround does reduce the urgency.
Comment 9 Konrad Materka 2017-11-06 15:29:02 UTC
I looked at the code, it might be tricky to fix it.

First thing why KDE is not opening URL in the browser but tries to connect to URL internally. This is a feature, not a bug :) When you pass URL pointing to, for example, zip archive it will open directly in Ark, not in the browser. This is pretty neat if you ask me :)

The problem is in two cases:
* connection refuse/timeout/etc when KDE is configured with wrong proxy (or any other cause). Usually when browser is configured differently than KDE (for example proxy). It is hard to say if this is a bug or not.
* URL content is behind some kind of authorization, for example link to internal Jira issue. KDE internally follows redirection to login page, then recognizes content as HTML and opens new (redirected) URL in the browser. This is exactly what was described in bug 354246.

I think that bug 354246 was wrongly marked as duplicate, it is a different case.
Comment 10 Konrad Materka 2017-11-07 11:32:14 UTC
Issue with redirect is in fact a regression introduced... more than 7 years ago. Please check lines 1393 and 1478:
https://github.com/KDE/kdelibs/blame/fee65b598f0d68ae7b4fbc3f76cb0c083f6d30ef/kio/kio/krun.cpp

Now it is hosted in different repository but history is lost:
https://github.com/KDE/kio/blame/master/src/widgets/krun.cpp

Sorry for cross-posting. I commented the same in bug 354246, but it is closed as a duplicate.
Comment 11 Nate Graham 2018-08-22 21:23:06 UTC
Works for me in KDE Frameworks 5.49. I've seen a few of these "slow URL loading" bugs, but they all seems to have been fixed since they were filed. Let me know if anyone can still reproduce with a recent version of KDE Frameworks.
Comment 12 Konrad Materka 2018-08-28 09:28:42 UTC
Most probably it is not resolved, simply it is now harder to reproduce because internet connections are faster.

After rethinking it I don't know if it is a bug or a feature, even if I don't like how it behaves :)

The main issue is that by default for all URLs KDE tries to get content type first, then open URL. It is a default setting in:
System Settings -> Default applications -> Web browser:
"open in application based on the contents of the URL"

It is a neat feature, but it causes lags when:
* network connection is slow
* KDE has wrong proxy settings
* URL should be opened in the browse, because browser uses... (you name it:  authentication - like Mutual SSL, proxy, cookies, specific user agent, etc)

Another problem is described in Bug 354246 where KDE opens redirected URL.
Comment 13 Christoph Feck 2018-09-13 15:56:14 UTC
Konrad, do we need to re-open this ticket? The current bug status looks a bit ambiguous.
Comment 14 Konrad Materka 2018-09-19 21:02:01 UTC
Chris, I don't know, it's up to you. I can't reproduce it right now (no proxy) and the most annoying problem related to this feature is described in separate Bug 354246.
Comment 15 Parker Reed 2019-09-05 04:26:29 UTC
Running into this on plasma-framework 5.61

With the default applications URL handler set to "in an application based on the contents of the URL" it takes 1:16 to open http://google.com with kde-open5

Attached log
Comment 16 Parker Reed 2019-09-05 04:27:01 UTC
Created attachment 122495 [details]
kde-open5 strace with timestamps
Comment 17 Parker Reed 2019-09-05 04:43:56 UTC
Created attachment 122496 [details]
Malformed kioslaverc

Figured out the culprit. My ~/.config/kioslaverc had some old malformed proxy entries. Nuking the rc and running without properly opens URL based on mimetype instantly.

Uploading the bad kioslaverc as an example