SUMMARY **This happens in Greek locale. I started apps with LANG=en and the link is proper.** In any KDE application's About <application> page, in Authors tab, there is an active link for kde.bugs.org. Clicking the link directs to a malformed URL address: https://www.https.com//bugs.kde.org STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Set your session LANG to el_GR.UTF-8 (or possibly other non-English locale) 2. Start any KDE application, i.e. Dolphin 3. Open menu Help => About Dolphin 4. Go to Authors tab 5. Click on the link to https//bugs.kde.org OBSERVED RESULT Default web browser (FF) opens page https://www.https.com//bugs.kde.org EXPECTED RESULT Default web browser opens page https://bugs.kde.org SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.81.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I tested other links in similar window/tabs, but I haven't found any other to do the same. If I right-click on the link and select "Copy link location" clipboard pastes https//bugs.kde.org (to my surprise!!)
Ha, ha, ha!!! Reading again what I just wrote, I recognized the ~possible~ actual problem. > clipboard pastes https//bugs.kde.org which misses ":" from the protocol!!!
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kxmlgui/-/merge_requests/59
Git commit 9aef7a7f1751abe9f9ca22024f212bb91ac35f42 by Ahmad Samir. Committed on 11/05/2021 at 14:14. Pushed by aacid into branch 'master'. Don't translate urls <a href="">https://foo.com</a> shouldn't be translated, otherwise we end up with interesting issues. M +8 -4 src/kabstractaboutdialog_p.cpp https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kxmlgui/commit/9aef7a7f1751abe9f9ca22024f212bb91ac35f42