Bug 514213 - "Unable to load weather forecast" and many European locations missing
Summary: "Unable to load weather forecast" and many European locations missing
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Weather widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: CachyOS Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: regression
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Reported: 2026-01-06 07:17 UTC by elye26
Modified: 2026-01-09 16:52 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description elye26 2026-01-06 07:17:56 UTC
SUMMARY
Since a few Weeks the Weather Report Widget in the system tray stopped working without apparent reason.
I cannot find my location as well as many others from Europe when looking for them. (infinite loading)
Whenever I nevertheless select a location from the US that appears I get this message when i click on the widget's question mark's symbol : "Unable to load weather forecast"

Has there been an API change for European weather forecast organizations that was not updated ?

Thank you for your time.
Best regards.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
None to my knowledge, passive
But for me :
1. Trying to find my location
2. Selecting any other while just typing 3 random letters to find the referenced ones I get

OBSERVED RESULT
1. Infinite Loading
2. "Unable to load weather forecast" message when I select
3. The Little image is one of a circle with a question Mark inside

EXPECTED RESULT
1. Finding my European location in a few seconds (as before) 
2. Receiving the Weather Information I need
3. See some image that represent the current Weather in some way (as it used to be)


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.3-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I already reset the cache many times over and tried to download some potential missing dependencies that the widget would need.
Searched but nothing worked for me, no idea how to fix it anymore.
Comment 1 TraceyC 2026-01-09 16:52:01 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. What weather provider does your location use? Is it BBC Weather?