SUMMARY The Wi-Fi Security settings tab in the "Wi-Fi & Networking" section of System Settings incorrectly labels some of its settings. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a NetworkManager connection with `wifi-sec.key-mgmt` set to `wpa-psk`, which is described by `nmcli` as "WPA2 + WPA3 personal" 2. Open that connection in KDE Settings 3. Change to the Wi-Fi Security tab OBSERVED RESULT Security is described as "WPA/WPA2 Personal" EXPECTED RESULT Security as described as e.g. "WPA2 + WPA3 Personal" or "WPA2/WPA3 Personal" SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 40 KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This also applies to "wpa-eap", which is labelled by `nmcli` as "WPA2 + WPA3 enterprise", but labelled by KDE as "WPA/WPA2 Enterprise". I spent some time trying to diagnose why my WPA2/WPA3 home network was recognised as a WPA/WPA2 network before realising that `nmcli` had correctly identified it as a WPA2/WPA3 network all along. NetworkManager's docs contain a list of descriptive names for each security mode: https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/settings-802-11-wireless-security.html The code labelling the network as "WPA/WPA2 Personal" in plasma-nm is here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/blob/758d49eb524fd48151b83ae4735cc043e94fd0bc/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui#L53
Thanks for reporting this. Would you like to submit a patch to fix it? https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/
I've opened a merge request here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/372
Git commit b0ebfce47e5b531a272333f032234532d6c96ca3 by David Redondo, on behalf of Lynne Megido. Committed on 20/01/2026 at 09:50. Pushed by davidre into branch 'master'. Rename Wi-Fi Security fields to match NM NetworkManager describes `wpa-psk` as "WPA2 + WPA3 Personal", but Plasma NM currently describes it as "WPA/WPA2 Personal". This is also true for `wpa-eap`, which is described as "WPA/WPA2 Personal" as opposed to "WPA2 + WPA3 Enterprise". This small patch changes Plasma NM's names to more accurately reflect the behaviour as implemented by NetworkManager. `wpa-psk` has supported WPA3 Personal encryption since this change was merged: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/759 GUI # Conflicts: # libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui diff --git c/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui i/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui index aba790105..a32f6fab7 100644 --- c/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui +++ i/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ </item> <item> <property name="text"> - <string>WPA/WPA2 Personal</string> + <string>WPA2/WPA3 Personal</string> </property> </item> <item> <property name="text"> - <string>WPA/WPA2 Enterprise</string> + <string>WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise</string> </property> </item> <item> M +2 -2 libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/b0ebfce47e5b531a272333f032234532d6c96ca3