Bug 501506 - Phantom "plasma workspace" "plasmashell" app temporarily spawns when hovering over app icons
Summary: Phantom "plasma workspace" "plasmashell" app temporarily spawns when hovering...
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Panel (show other bugs)
Version: 6.3.2
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-03-14 19:36 UTC by Henning
Modified: 2025-03-29 03:47 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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2025-03-14 19:36 UTC, Henning
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Description Henning 2025-03-14 19:36:07 UTC
Created attachment 179398 [details]
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In the "icon only task manager" when I hover over an app that has an open window, and a preview is generated, an additional window "Plasmashell" "Plasma Workspace" spawns with an icon like an app.

Hovering over it reveals the empty plasma workspace background, leaving that hover area, the preview and icon disappear again.

I already tried a kwin window rule to remove the "app" from the takbar and overview but to no effect

All I see in journalctl is this

Mär 14 20:31:53 PC plasmashell[2108]: KPackageStructure of KPluginMetaData(pluginId:"Audio.Wave.Widget", fileName: "/var/home/user/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/Audio.Wave.Widget/metadata.json") does not match requested format "Plasma/Applet"
Mär 14 20:31:53 PC plasmashell[2108]: KPackageStructure of KPluginMetaData(pluginId:"org.kde.plasma.powerusage", fileName: "/var/home/user/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.powerusage/metadata.json") does not match requested format "Plasma/Applet"
Mär 14 20:31:53 PC plasmashell[2108]: KPackageStructure of KPluginMetaData(pluginId:"Emulator.Spectrum.Audio", fileName: "/var/home/user/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/Emulator.Spectrum.Audio/metadata.json") does not match requested format "Plasma/Applet"
Mär 14 20:33:42 PC plasmashell[2108]: The cached device pixel ratio value was stale on window update.  Please file a QTBUG which explains how to reproduce.
Mär 14 20:33:49 PC plasmashell[2108]: The cached device pixel ratio value was stale on window update.  Please file a QTBUG which explains how to reproduce.

Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.6-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Comment 1 Niccolò Venerandi 2025-03-14 21:04:40 UTC
Hi! Well, that's super weird! Do you also reproduce this bug on a new clean account?
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-03-29 03:47:05 UTC
🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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