SUMMARY When Discover is reopened after a system update and can not connect to the internet, it should not display an error message Window, but rather display an icon that indicates so in the tab for updates. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Update the system 2. Reboot the system 3. Do not connect to the internet on startup 4. Login 5. Discover is opened and the error message is displayed OBSERVED RESULT Error message is displayed just because you are offline. From what it says on the first error message I always though that the update itself broke or that there was an error and the system couldn't update EXPECTED RESULT If it's *just because of being offline* Discover should not display an error message that indicates something went wrong. Instead there should be a logo (maybe in the tab or in the update windows) that just indicates there is no internet connection. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon User Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.9.2 Kernel Version: 6.14.0-33-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland
Created attachment 186080 [details] Discover - update offline reboot-error message The error message you see on reboot when Discover opens
Created attachment 186081 [details] Discover - update offline reboot-details window The window it shows when you click to open it to get more details.
IIRC, Discover checks for updates when launched. With no internet connection, this fails - resulting in the error message. Being offline can have multiple reasons, apart from disconnecting on purpose (failing DNS, being behind a Captive Portal, server problems on the other end etc.).
Created attachment 186085 [details] Discover - update offline reboot-suggestion A design study/suggestion how the page could look like. 1) The update circle in the tab on the left is replaced by a small logo indicating that you are offline 2) Window where you could trigger the update shows more information.
Done in https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/1305 by Tobias Fella
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5) > Done in https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/1305 by > Tobias Fella It seems that the error message still pops up when you start Discover while being offline. This behaviour as such (and not so much the message inside the pop-up window) was my main point behind this feature request. My usual update procedure: Open Discover -> Apply Updates -> apply updates and shutdown system -> disconnect computer from the internet (1) -> start the system -> Discover window reopens automatically -> error message is displayed (2) (1) One might suggest that I just shouldn't disconnect the system from the internet. The issue is that it's a Laptop that I very often use in places with no internet connection (so as well at times after the system was updated). (2) Discover opening after the reboot does not help me at all, but a pop-up window is overkill as I _know_ that the system is offline, yet there is nothing I can do about it. That's why I tried to go with a pop-up less design in the mockup (see "Discover - update offline reboot-suggestion"). Beside always-on PCs, there are also 'legit' scenarios when you want to open Discover while being offline. Eg. uninstall apps or installing apps from files that are full offline installers (eg. deb files). The pop-up warning makes sense if you want to access anything that requests an internet connection (eg. trying to install an app via an file from flathub), but IMO the pop-up window is just in the way when Discover opens (especially if it actually opens *itself* with no user interaction after an update).