SUMMARY Prior too 6.12, folder previews displayed normally for SMB shares. Updating to 6.12, previews do not show. NFS shares continue to function normally. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Check "show previews for folders" in settings in Dolphin 2. Set file preview size to some large number (1GB) 3. Mount a SMB share, eg: sudo mount -t cifs -o credentials=/home/user/.creds,uid=user,exec,mfsymlinks //192.168.1.10/Share /mnt/Share/ 4. Create a folder. 5. Put photos in the folder OBSERVED RESULT Folder shows with no previews on it. File thumbnails function normally. NFS shares continue to work normally. EXPECTED RESULT Folder previews work. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch, 6.13.7 KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0 Qt Version: 6.8.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Confirmed. I noticed this bug after I updated. Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0 Dolphin Version: 24.12.3 Qt Version: 6.8.2 Kernel Version: 6.12.19-1-MANJARO (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Does anyone know which commit introduced this bug in Dolphin? Using Dolphin on my network shares is almost unusable now. :(
How does such an obvious bug go unnoticed? I can't use KDE for browsing directories over a network share because of this bug, which didn't exist before 6.12. Do the devs not use Dolphin over network shares?
Do KDE devs use KDE? How was this not immediately noticed and fixed? No folder previews on SMB shares. That's major break in usability. Anyone who uses SMB shares would notice this immediately after the breaking update to Dolphin.
This problem seems to be deeper than Dolphin. It also affects other Qt-based file managers like PCManFM-Qt.
This bug report seems to have found the culprit of why folder previews are not being generated. It also affects bcachefs, not just SMB. The fix is extremely simple, as explained in the first comment of the other bug report. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507488
(In reply to flan_suse from comment #6) > This bug report seems to have found the culprit of why folder previews are > not being generated. It also affects bcachefs, not just SMB. > > The fix is extremely simple, as explained in the first comment of the other > bug report. > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507488 Forgive my lack of knowledge, but when you say "the fix is extremely simple", which part are you referring to. I'm guessing it's this: "Commenting out the above size check restores the folder thumbnails." If so, what would a simpleton like me need to do to achieve this? Recompile "Kio" with the size-check commented out? Or something simpler?
(In reply to kde.b341l from comment #7) > If so, what would a simpleton like me need to do to achieve this? Recompile > "Kio" with the size-check commented out? Or something simpler? That's what the other user did. Either that or wait for the devs to reverse their mistake that was introduced in KIO frameworks 6.12. I'm currently using a patched version of Dolphin to undo a different bug. I might have to resort to using two patched components of KDE, since these obvious bugs seem to take a while to fix. :shrug: At the end of the day we need a usable desktop. The QoL issues really hinder workflow, since it's something you see every day doing common things on your computer.
*** Bug 507488 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
> At the end of the day we need a usable desktop. The QoL issues really hinder > workflow, since it's something you see every day doing common things on your > computer. Yes, it's quite annoying! Does the other Dolphin "bug" you mentioned happen to be the missing details/metadata on network folders? Cause that's what I'm really trying to solve.
Is this only for SMB connections? It works for me with sftp. Operating System: Fedora Linux 42 KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0 Qt Version: 6.9.1 Kernel Version: 6.15.10-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600
(In reply to Akseli Lahtinen from comment #11) > Is this only for SMB connections? It works for me with sftp. It affects SMB and bcachefs, or anything else where "stat" reports a folder as having a "0 byte size". It does not affect NFS, XFS, and Ext4. See comment #6 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501882#c6
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(In reply to Bug Janitor Service from comment #13) > 🐛🧹 ⚠️ 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. Needs info? What info is needed? The bug exists, is reproducible, and was identified in the code.
(In reply to Bug Janitor Service from comment #13) > 🐛🧹 ⚠️ 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. > > For more information about our bug triaging procedures, please read > https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging. > > Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone! What info is needed? The bug still repros in current code and the bug, per comments here, should be understood.
Sorry, someone forgot to reset the status so the bot did it's thing.
(In reply to Akseli Lahtinen from comment #16) > Sorry, someone forgot to reset the status so the bot did it's thing. Why did you change it from CONFIRMED back to REPORTED? This is 100% reproducible and the regression was located in the code. There is no mystery. Fixing that one line in the code fixes this bug that didn't exist before Frameworks 6.12.0. See comment #6 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501882#c6
I have not seen another KDE developer confirm this bug, that's why it's back to reported. In case I'm wrong, feel free to change it back.
(In reply to Akseli Lahtinen from comment #18) > I have not seen another KDE developer confirm this bug, that's why it's back > to reported. In case I'm wrong, feel free to change it back. It's thoroughly explained here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507488#c0 When the reporter commented out the size check for "0 byte" folders, the bug goes away. SMB and Bcachefs happen to stat folders at exactly 0 bytes, even with files inside. NFS, Ext4, XFS, and others do not. So this new check in Frameworks will skip folder previews for any folder that reports "0 bytes" because it assumes the folder is empty. This is why we no longer get folder previews on SMB or Bcachefs.
Are we waiting for a KDE dev to confirm this bug that is already reproduced and confirmed and the source of the bug was spotted in the code? I don't understand what we're waiting for? We need folder previews for SMB shares and Bcachefs. I can't stress enough how much this hinders my ability to use my PC. I'm having to reboot into Windows just to use my SMB shares, which have many folders, and work with photos and videos.
If you have a fix ready feel free to make a merge request
Created a merge request at https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/2004
Git commit 8a713b01dd94027a8869b8dc417af162f61abac2 by Méven Car, on behalf of Mikhail Morozov. Committed on 24/09/2025 at 08:39. Pushed by meven into branch 'master'. filepreviewjob: Don't apply size check to directories If a folder is situated on a bcachefs partition (or any other directory with 0 sized directory entry) its icon in Dolphin will not display thumbnails of its contents regardless of the preview options. Judging by the log line `"PreviewJob: skipping an empty file, migth be a broken symlink"`, the size check should only apply to files not folders. Related: bug 507488 M +2 -2 src/gui/filepreviewjob.cpp https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/commit/8a713b01dd94027a8869b8dc417af162f61abac2