SUMMARY This is one of the most easily reproducible issue I have with KDE Plasma lately where the shell or even some application unrelated to KDE project like browsers and text editors to hang. I thought this is limited to Latte Dock (bugreport: (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411415) but after some more testing I saw this hang several time with other application. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Enable Folder View on the desktop 2. Create a new folder on the desktop OBSERVED RESULT Plasma shell will hang but any other interactions are not affected like task switching, KRunner and interactivity with the currently running application. Extra bonus, removing the newly created folder with Dolphin will cause Dolphin to hang and will recover after a minute or longer. EXPECTED RESULT Everything should work as expected SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Manjaro Linux (testing branch) (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.61.0 Qt Version: 5.13.0
Here are some users that are experiencing the same thing as me: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/cwlz7a/plasma_widgets_get_stuck_for_a_while/ https://forum.manjaro.org/t/testing-update-2019-08-28-kernels-nvidia-kde-dev-mesa-python-haskell/100660/27 https://forum.manjaro.org/t/testing-update-2019-08-28-kernels-nvidia-kde-dev-mesa-python-haskell/100660/35 https://forum.manjaro.org/t/testing-update-2019-08-28-kernels-nvidia-kde-dev-mesa-python-haskell/100660/39
This issue is related to non-Plasma component. Closing.