Found while reproducing Bug 472044. This makes it happen 100% of the time for me: STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Drag any file in Dolphin 2. Drop onto folder view on the desktop 3. In drop menu choose "Add icon" 4. Right-click on it and click "Remove Icon" 5. Click on the close button of the notification to undo removing it OBSERVED RESULT Plasma crashes: #0 __pthread_kill_implementation (threadid=<optimized out>, signo=signo@entry=11, no_tid=no_tid@entry=0) at pthread_kill.c:44 #1 0x00007fcca10b08b3 in __pthread_kill_internal (signo=11, threadid=<optimized out>) at pthread_kill.c:78 #2 0x00007fcca105fabe in __GI_raise (sig=11) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:26 #3 0x00007fcca48ba658 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler(int) (sig=11) at /home/nate/kde/src/kcrash/src/kcrash.cpp:601 #4 0x00007fcca105fb70 in <signal handler called> () at /lib64/libc.so.6 #5 QUrl::isEmpty() const (this=this@entry=0x4035000000000128) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp:1893 #6 0x00007fcca1762f55 in QUrl::isValid() const (this=0x4035000000000128) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp:1879 #7 0x00007fcca49d2034 in KCoreDirListerCache::joburl(KIO::ListJob*) (this=<optimized out>, job=0x67529e0) at /home/nate/kde/src/kio/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp:1856 #8 0x00007fcca49e705e in KCoreDirListerCache::slotUpdateResult(KJob*) (this=0x7fcca4a788a0 <QGlobalStatic<QtGlobalStatic::Holder<(anonymous namespace)::Q_QGS_kDirListerCache> >::instance()::holder>, j=0x67529e0) at /home/nate/kde/src/kio/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp:1662 #9 0x00007fcca17cf797 in QObject::event(QEvent*) (this=0x7fcca4a788a0 <QGlobalStatic<QtGlobalStatic::Holder<(anonymous namespace)::Q_QGS_kDirListerCache> >::instance()::holder>, e=0x7fcb3c06d1c0) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp:1391 #10 0x00007fcca2fc0b08 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) (this=<optimized out>, receiver=0x7fcca4a788a0 <QGlobalStatic<QtGlobalStatic::Holder<(anonymous namespace)::Q_QGS_kDirListerCache> >::instance()::holder>, e=0x7fcb3c06d1c0) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp:3287 #11 0x00007fcca177c308 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) (receiver=0x7fcca4a788a0 <QGlobalStatic<QtGlobalStatic::Holder<(anonymous namespace)::Q_QGS_kDirListerCache> >::instance()::holder>, event=0x7fcb3c06d1c0) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1115 #12 0x00007fcca177c50d in QCoreApplication::sendEvent(QObject*, QEvent*) (receiver=<optimized out>, event=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1533 #13 0x00007fcca177fd75 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) (receiver=0x0, event_type=0, data=0x24ae660) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1895 #14 0x00007fcca17800ad in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int) (receiver=<optimized out>, event_type=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1754 #15 0x00007fcca1a206df in postEventSourceDispatch(GSource*, GSourceFunc, gpointer) (s=0x2505fc0) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:243 #16 0x00007fcca0b6639c in g_main_dispatch (context=0x7fcc88000f10) at ../glib/gmain.c:3460 #17 g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x7fcc88000f10) at ../glib/gmain.c:4200 #18 0x00007fcca0bc4438 in g_main_context_iterate.isra.0 (context=0x7fcc88000f10, block=1, dispatch=1, self=<optimized out>) at ../glib/gmain.c:4276 #19 0x00007fcca0b63a23 in g_main_context_iteration (context=0x7fcc88000f10, may_block=1) at ../glib/gmain.c:4343 #20 0x00007fcca1a1ff7f in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) (this=0x24b3d00, flags=...) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:393 #21 0x00007fcca1788e93 in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) (this=this@entry=0x7fff6e819ba0, flags=..., flags@entry=...) at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/global/qflags.h:34 #22 0x00007fcca1784b3d in QCoreApplication::exec() () at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/corelib/global/qflags.h:74 #23 0x00007fcca1ff85cd in QGuiApplication::exec() () at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp:1894 #24 0x00007fcca2fc0a79 in QApplication::exec() () at /usr/src/debug/qt6-qtbase-6.5.1-1.fc38.x86_64/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp:2566 #25 0x0000000000424fc0 in main(int, char**) (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at /home/nate/kde/src/plasma-workspace/shell/main.cpp:242
Can reproduce this 100% when closing the "Undo deleting widget" notification for Icon and Folder View widgets that are on the desktop.
...That was actually Bug 472892, and the original crash was caused by me not rebuilding everything and deleting the stale files following some ABI changes. Closing.