Bug 514755 - Copying large images in Dolphin with previews enabled makes Plasmashell quasi freeze
Summary: Copying large images in Dolphin with previews enabled makes Plasmashell quasi...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.22.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KIO Bugs
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Keywords: efficiency-and-performance
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-01-17 18:55 UTC by postix
Modified: 2026-01-17 18:56 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Screenshot of htop during the copy job (272.91 KB, image/png)
2026-01-17 18:55 UTC, postix
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Description postix 2026-01-17 18:55:15 UTC
Created attachment 188623 [details]
Screenshot of htop during the copy job

SUMMARY

While I was copying roughly 2000 24 Megapixel JPEGs and RAWs from a CF-Card to the local SSD.
the system slowed down so much, that I could no longer interact with Plasma's panel.

htop showed up to 16 processes of kioworker generating thumbnails, while up to ~5 workers had relatively high CPU usage. Please see the screenshot. 


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Dolphin
2. Split view: Source folder on the CF-Card (connected via USB 3.0), destination folder in home directory (btrfs, ssd)
3. Previews enabled
4. Copy/Move files from A to B

OBSERVED RESULT
The system becomes pretty unusable during the copy job.

EXPECTED RESULT
The system stays responsive


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.5-200.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (14.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
System Version: ThinkPad X13 Gen 2a