Bug 509462 - Dolphin hangs when connected to a VPN
Summary: Dolphin hangs when connected to a VPN
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.13.0
Platform: Debian stable Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KIO Bugs
URL:
Keywords: efficiency-and-performance
Depends on:
Blocks: 504984
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Reported: 2025-09-13 15:52 UTC by Bernd Marscheider
Modified: 2026-01-20 21:17 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Dolphin journal entries while vpn connection is established (2.41 KB, text/plain)
2025-09-13 15:52 UTC, Bernd Marscheider
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Description Bernd Marscheider 2025-09-13 15:52:41 UTC
Created attachment 184935 [details]
Dolphin journal entries while vpn connection is established

When I am connected to a VPN Dolphin starts with a long delay only. After it has started it shows the latest folders (this is how I did configure it).
But: Even local folders are empty. For example /mnt/localdata which is mounted in fstab by this line: /dev/sda4 /mnt/drive_d auto rw,nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Establish a vpn connection ( in my case it's Cisco Secure Client 5.1.9.113)
2. Mount a local drive in fstab
3. Open Dolphin in KDE Plasma 6.3.6 in Debian 13 stable and try to access the files.

OBSERVED RESULT
All folders are empty

EXPECTED RESULT
I expected to be able to access any local files and folders, except the mounted network drives. 
I expected a delay of some seconds if dolphin had been started after being closed with open network share.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma:  Debian 13 / KDE
KDE Plasma Version:  6.3.6
KDE Frameworks Version:  6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I have not much experience yet. Perhaps I have to do some further configuration. Attached you will find the result of journalctl grep dolphin
Comment 1 TraceyC 2026-01-20 21:17:01 UTC
Relevant log lines:

Sep 13 17:00:01 UWE systemd[1277]: Started app-org.kde.dolphin@dba6d41658a94e0c90027675136b9b9c.service - Dolphin - Dateiverwaltung.
Sep 13 17:03:02 UWE dolphin[15871]: kf.kio.core.connection: Socket not connected QLocalSocket::PeerClosedError
Sep 13 17:03:02 UWE dolphin[15871]: kf.kio.core: An error occurred during write. The worker terminates now.
Sep 13 17:03:02 UWE dolphin[15871]: QThreadStorage: Thread 0x5580532788d0 exited after QThreadStorage 2 destroyed
Sep 13 17:03:02 UWE dolphin[15871]: QThreadStorage: Thread 0x5580532788d0 exited after QThreadStorage 1 destroyed