Bug 500526 - Night light not working in Wayland session
Summary: Night light not working in Wayland session
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 500404
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: night color (show other bugs)
Version: 6.3.1
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2025-02-21 16:40 UTC by rrpeak+kdebug
Modified: 2025-02-23 17:50 UTC (History)
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Description rrpeak+kdebug 2025-02-21 16:40:10 UTC 
SUMMARY
Night light does not work (meaning it does not tint the screen) in the Wayland session after the latest updates on KDE neon user edition.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. set night light to always on and a warm color temperature
2. check it is not suspended in system tray

OBSERVED RESULT
screen remains untinted

EXPECTED RESULT
screen is tinted according to the temperature set in night light settings

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)
[no idea why it says that, also related to updates, it said KDE neon before]
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.11.0-17-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I checked the X11 session and night light seems to work normally there
Comment 1 Zamundaaa 2025-02-21 20:47:20 UTC 
Do you have an ICC profile set on the display?
Comment 2 rrpeak+kdebug 2025-02-21 21:28:34 UTC 
(In reply to Zamundaaa from comment #1)
> Do you have an ICC profile set on the display?

No, I do not. (I had to remove it when a previous update shifted the colors so that it looked awful)
Comment 3 Zamundaaa 2025-02-23 17:50:26 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 500404 ***