Bug 509788 - Gifs used as wallpaper cause vram leaking
Summary: Gifs used as wallpaper cause vram leaking
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 483602
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Image & Slideshow wallpaper plugins (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.5
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-09-22 16:33 UTC by socket772
Modified: 2025-09-22 16:59 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attached gif is the one that i used (47.51 KB, image/gif)
2025-09-22 16:33 UTC, socket772
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Description socket772 2025-09-22 16:33:10 UTC
Created attachment 185155 [details]
Attached gif is the one that i used

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SUMMARY
When using a gif as wallpaper causes vram usage increase until system goes into a out of memory state. This happens 100% of the times on my system. Didn't notice this behavior if gif is used as lock screen

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add gif as wallpaper
2. Select and apply gif as active wallpaper

OBSERVED RESULT
The vram usage increases until system crashes

EXPECTED RESULT
The vram usage should not increase infinitely until system crash

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux x86_64 (Linux 6.16.8-arch2-1)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WM: KWin (Wayland)
WM Theme: Breeze
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X (16) @ 5.58 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER [Discrete]
Memory: 30.94 GiB
Swap: 27.74 GiB
Locale: en_US.UTF-8
Comment 1 socket772 2025-09-22 16:41:51 UTC
Small addendum. You don't even need to apply the change, the gif just needs to be active in the wallpaper
Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-09-22 16:59:45 UTC
Thank you for the bug report! This looks to be the same issue as Bug 483602.

I'm merging this request into that one. You can follow the progress of this issue in the other report.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 483602 ***