Bug 515834 - Weather widget fails to pull weather information
Summary: Weather widget fails to pull weather information
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Weather widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.5
Platform: EndeavourOS Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-02-10 19:36 UTC by Edward
Modified: 2026-02-10 19:36 UTC (History)
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Description Edward 2026-02-10 19:36:59 UTC 
SUMMARY
Weather widget tend to fail to load weather, especially when connected to VPN.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. turn on Windscribe vpn
2. After connection to the tunnel system goes to "unable to load info, if this continues for more than a day report a bug.
3. Turn off VPN system returns to normal after a few minuts

OBSERVED RESULT
When on VPN, weather stops providing weather updates and show error message

EXPECTED RESULT
Local weather should be available even when in VPN tunnel.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: EndeavourOS 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.8-arch2-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (13.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82SG
System Version: IdeaPad 5 15ABA7

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This occurs regardless of  Wi-Fi connection locattion.