Bug 514950 - "Invalid URL" error when trying to rename items.
Summary: "Invalid URL" error when trying to rename items.
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.5
Platform: CachyOS Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-01-22 23:32 UTC by Fernando Marcelino Muniz
Modified: 2026-01-23 11:36 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue on Plasma 6.5.5 (20.15 KB, image/png)
2026-01-22 23:32 UTC, Fernando Marcelino Muniz
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Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2026-01-22 23:32:07 UTC
Created attachment 188793 [details]
Issue on Plasma 6.5.5

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have two items of the same type on the Desktop.
2. Rename one into the other's name.
3. When requested to pick a different name, pick the name that the item you're renaming already has.

OBSERVED RESULT
Sometimes a error screen saying "Invalid URL" will pop up, which doesn't make any sense.

EXPECTED RESULT
It shouldn't even be possible to rename the item as itself after trying to rename into another item's name.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.6-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The error message is just a simpleton. The real issue is being able to rename the item to its own name.
Comment 1 Akseli Lahtinen 2026-01-23 11:36:56 UTC
I tried this with two text files:

1. Create text files a.txt and b.txt
2. Rename b.txt to a.txt
3. Popup appears, change the name back to b.txt
4. Another popup appears, saying you would overwrite the file with itself (?)

I did not get invalid URL popup, but it is quite confusing. It should just be same as cancel operation.

Operating System: KDE Linux 2026-01-22
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.6-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600