Created attachment 186095 [details] lo device in network widget SUMMARY Loopback (lo) devices started to appear under connections in both System Tray applet and network settings. Previously it would be hidden in other group STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Update to Plasma 6.5 2. Look at network system tray widget OBSERVED RESULT Loopback (lo) device would appear in the list EXPECTED RESULT It shouldn't appear in system tray. Only (maybe) in network kcm SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.10.0 Kernel Version: 6.17.4-4-cachyos (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor Memory: 64 ГиБ of RAM (62.4 ГиБ usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Manufacturer: ASUS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This is regression in Plasma 6.5.0
Can confirm.
We had https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465655 in the past, https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/f8a864ebbb36866a3c25ca58ba5059b4a5272b5a was made as a quick work around proper fixes arrived as https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/6ff6117d94340ed6da305e6c388405d358cb8ebc https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/networkmanager-qt/-/merge_requests/56
Caused by https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/b9a06d50c0ff8bc333ba1ea7a80a22a95513a983
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/481
Git commit 7d4a7e9b5aaa4ce137c263958277fbb83e6468c7 by Nate Graham. Committed on 29/10/2025 at 14:44. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Return to not exposing loopback interfaces to the user Appears to be an accidental change that snuck into b9a06d50c0ff8bc333ba1ea7a80a22a95513a983 without anyone noticing. FIXED-IN: 6.5.2 M +0 -1 libs/models/networkmodelitem.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/7d4a7e9b5aaa4ce137c263958277fbb83e6468c7
Git commit cdf800e11aed21e151e6adda0a120df0ce19dfa1 by Nate Graham. Committed on 29/10/2025 at 16:12. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'Plasma/6.5'. Return to not exposing loopback interfaces to the user Appears to be an accidental change that snuck into b9a06d50c0ff8bc333ba1ea7a80a22a95513a983 without anyone noticing. FIXED-IN: 6.5.2 (cherry picked from commit 7d4a7e9b5aaa4ce137c263958277fbb83e6468c7) Co-authored-by: Nate Graham <nate@kde.org> M +0 -1 libs/models/networkmodelitem.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/cdf800e11aed21e151e6adda0a120df0ce19dfa1