Bug 515955 - Spectacle can't upload screenshots to Imgur anymore
Summary: Spectacle can't upload screenshots to Imgur anymore
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.91
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Noah Davis
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Reported: 2026-02-13 17:17 UTC by Paul Brown
Modified: 2026-02-14 07:46 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Paul Brown 2026-02-13 17:17:50 UTC
SUMMARY

When you try yo upload a screenshot from imgur from Spectacle, you get an error that reads:

"There was a problem sharing the image: /tmp/Spectacle.gDnvTH/Screenshot_[date]_[time].png"

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start Spectacle and take a screenshot 
2. Use "Export" > "Share" > "Upload Publicly to Imgur"

OBSERVED RESULT

Uploading fails with the error mentioned above.

EXPECTED RESULT

That the image gets uploaded and Spectacle returns an URL to the image to paste somewhere.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.91
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.11.0
Kernel Version: 6.18.9-arch1-2 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This seems to affect multiple versions of Spectacle across several platforms as mentioned here:

https://discuss.kde.org/t/uploading-to-imgur-stopped-working-yesterday/44291
Comment 1 goo 2026-02-13 20:27:49 UTC
same on plasma 5 

Operating System: Kubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.12
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-14-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: offscreen
Processors: 28 × Intel® Core™ i7-14700K
Memory: 62.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6800
Comment 2 krovikan 2026-02-13 21:19:12 UTC
Same here with Plasma 6 Wayland.

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260207
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
KDE Gear: 25.12.2
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.8-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Comment 3 Nicolas Fella 2026-02-13 21:59:01 UTC
The server returns HTTP 429 "Too many requests"

https://status.imgur.com/ shows "Degraded Performance" for Upload, so possibly a server issue?
Comment 4 Paul Brown 2026-02-14 07:46:52 UTC
I see. I thought it may be an issue on their side, but thought it would be they had changed something about uploading from third applications and Spectacle would need to be adapted.