Bug 499939 - Plasma greeter only informs Arch Linux users about updates after a reboot
Summary: Plasma greeter only informs Arch Linux users about updates after a reboot
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.3.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-02-13 00:10 UTC by Fernando M. Muniz
Modified: 2025-02-18 17:06 UTC (History)
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Description Fernando M. Muniz 2025-02-13 00:10:43 UTC 
I've updated Arch Linux to Plasma 6.3 , however only after rebooting the greeter popped up.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-02-18 17:01:59 UTC 
Are you saying that you updated the system to Plasma 6.3 using `pacman` or Discover, and then only after rebooted did the Welcome Center app launch telling you that you upgraded to Plasma 6.3?
Comment 2 Fernando M. Muniz 2025-02-18 17:03:46 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Are you saying that you updated the system to Plasma 6.3 using `pacman` or
> Discover, and then only after rebooted did the Welcome Center app launch
> telling you that you upgraded to Plasma 6.3?

Yes... Well, not pacman, but technically the same thing:
paru -Syu --noconfirm ; flatpak update -y
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-02-18 17:06:46 UTC 
In that case this is expected. You're always supposed to reboot after applying updates. Always! Otherwise your system is in an inconsistent state, and you haven't in fact fully performed the upgrade, since everything running (Plasma, kded, ksmserver, etc) is still running from the old code, not the 6.3 code).

As such, this is expected. Please get into the habit of always rebooting after performing system upgrades. It will probably give you a smoother, more stable experience overall.