Bug 500867 - Bubble up errors to the user when session/power actions aren't working
Summary: Bubble up errors to the user when session/power actions aren't working
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Session Management (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.3.2
Platform: Other Other
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2025-02-28 16:45 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2025-03-19 21:54 UTC (History)
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Description Nate Graham 2025-02-28 16:45:25 UTC 
These actions sometimes don't work when invoked from the logout screen or Kicker/Kickoff/etc; see Bug 500672. When that happens, clicking them does... nothing.

In such cases, we should be able to detect that an error happened and bubble up the message to the user somehow.