Bug 495141 - Notifications icon briefly represents the Disks & Devices applet after connecting/inserting a removable device
Summary: Notifications icon briefly represents the Disks & Devices applet after connec...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Disks & Devices widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.2.1
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: regression
: 518228 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-10-21 12:13 UTC by Patrick Silva
Modified: 2026-05-22 14:43 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:


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screen recording (429.52 KB, video/webm)
2024-10-21 12:13 UTC, Patrick Silva
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Description Patrick Silva 2024-10-21 12:13:52 UTC
Created attachment 175082 [details]
screen recording

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. connect a usb flash drive or insert a CD/DVD/BD
2. observe the icon the of Disks & Devices applet in the system tray
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
after connecting/inserting the removable device, the Disks & Devices applet briefly appears with the notifications icon in the system tray, and then the icon corrects itself. Please watch the attached screen recording.

EXPECTED RESULT
when the Disks & Devices applet shows up in the system tray after connecting/inserting a removable device, its icon should correspond to the connected/inserted device

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0
Qt Version: 6.8.0
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-11-12 22:30:49 UTC
Can reproduce.
Comment 2 John Veness 2026-05-15 20:56:12 UTC
*** Bug 518228 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2026-05-15 22:40:56 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6599
Comment 4 Bogdan Onofriuchuk 2026-05-19 16:08:15 UTC
Git commit e6c427159afc96e4dc100579d2b43d1a962ecba6 by Bohdan Onofriichuk.
Committed on 19/05/2026 at 15:28.
Pushed by littlesweet into branch 'master'.

applets/devicenotifier: don't show notification icon for plugged-in devices

Just show the connected device's icon instead

M  +1    -13   applets/devicenotifier/qml/main.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/e6c427159afc96e4dc100579d2b43d1a962ecba6
Comment 5 Bogdan Onofriuchuk 2026-05-19 17:25:20 UTC
Git commit f7fd2b7477621d074de6e6e7930c7425d194eadd by Bohdan Onofriichuk.
Committed on 19/05/2026 at 16:16.
Pushed by littlesweet into branch 'Plasma/6.7'.

applets/devicenotifier: don't show notification icon for plugged-in devices

Just show the connected device's icon instead

M  +1    -14   applets/devicenotifier/qml/main.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/f7fd2b7477621d074de6e6e7930c7425d194eadd