SUMMARY According to https://community.kde.org/Policies/API_to_Avoid#QNetworkAccessManager, if QNetworkAccessManager is used, the corresponding policy should be set, which is currently not the case. QNetworkAccessManager is used by QtWebKit, which is enabled if building with WebKit. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. inspect alkimia and QtWebKit source for a call to QNetworkAccessManager::setRedirectPolicy() OBSERVED RESULT The mentioned method is not called. EXPECTED RESULT The mentioned method should be called with the approbiate parameter. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The issue has been reported by Thomas Baumgart
Git commit 60dc7146947b69ce239fc0fa94c3e1730dd43125 by Ralf Habacker. Committed on 11/04/2021 at 11:53. Pushed by habacker into branch '8.1'. Make QtWebkit follow redirects by default to comply with KDE policy FIXED-IN: 8.1.1 M +7 -1 src/alkwebpage.cpp https://invent.kde.org/office/alkimia/commit/60dc7146947b69ce239fc0fa94c3e1730dd43125
Git commit 0424f114924cabd9dafe7225790be5ac5b410f06 by Ralf Habacker. Committed on 11/04/2021 at 15:30. Pushed by habacker into branch '8.1'. Limit call to setRedirectPolicy() to supported Qt version >= 5.9 M +2 -0 src/alkwebpage.cpp https://invent.kde.org/office/alkimia/commit/0424f114924cabd9dafe7225790be5ac5b410f06