SUMMARY After unlocking: the lock screen disappears and the desktop appears immediately, than the lockscreen covers it with some opacity, and fades out. This causes a flickering on unlocking. You can see it if you set the Animation Speed to the minimum in plasma settings under Workspace Behavior. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. set the Animation Speed to the minimum in plasma settings under Workspace Behavior. 2. lock the screen 3. unlock EXPECTED RESULT even would be better without animation. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.70.0 Qt Version: 5.14.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Can confirm.
*** Bug 419364 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This has been fixed for quite a while now.