SUMMARY *** NOTE: If you are reporting a crash, please try to attach a backtrace with debug symbols. See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports *** Can't open remote files in kate. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Attempt to open file in kate from dolphin that is using sftp://user.name@server/path/to/file.txt OBSERVED RESULT Receive 2 errors in kate: "Unable to create KIO worker. Can not find a KIO worker for protocol "tags"." "Unable to create KIO worker. Can not find a KIO worker for protocol "sftp"." EXPECTED RESULT The file to open in kate for editing. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 20.04 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.8 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0 Qt Version: 5.12.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I never had an issue with opening remote files through sftp in kate like this until today. I'm not sure what has changed.
UPDATE I discovered that I had 2 instances of Kate installed, one through apt, and one through snap. The snap one apparently is the one that was opening when I tried to open these files from dolphin. I uninstalled the snap one and reinstalled the apt one to make sure I had the latest version, and the error went away. Is there a known bug with the snap version and sftp, or is it possible something wasn't configured correctly with the snap one, or maybe the 2 versions were conflicting with each other somehow?
I think the snap package has issues.