Created attachment 189980 [details] Issue in Plasma 6.6 STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Delete all items from the Desktop area. 2. Create an item on the Desktop area. OBSERVED RESULT The item is only shown on Dolphin, but not on the Desktop itself, which could mean that it crashed. EXPECTED RESULT The Desktop area should not crash after deleting or moving all items out of it's folder. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: CachyOS Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0 Qt Version: 6.10.2 Kernel Version: 6.19.3-2-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 Another user has this issue: https://discuss.kde.org/t/the-desktop-stop-showing-desktop-items-if-all-items-are-moved-out-or-deleted/44577/4
Can confirm, though it doesn't seem to be a crash, the folder view that shows the desktop icons just stops reloading any icon changes for some reason. Operating System: KDE Linux 2026-02-22 KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0 Qt Version: 6.10.2 Kernel Version: 6.18.9-zen1-2-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
Can confirm that this issue is also affecting Plasma 6.6.1 It makes the Desktop a pain to work with. It made me download heavy files multiple times before I figured out what was happening.
Same thing happening to me. Desktop items stop appearing after being empty, only shows on dolphin. Restarting plasma works but as soon as desktop is empty again and you create a new file, it won't appear. The only workaroud for this is to keep always one file on desktop.
Created attachment 190093 [details] Desktop items stop appearing after being empty, only shows on dolphin Video showing exactly how to recreate the bug and what happens
(In reply to Fernando Marcelino Muniz from comment #0) > Created attachment 189980 [details] > Issue in Plasma 6.6 > > STEPS TO REPRODUCE > 1. Delete all items from the Desktop area. > 2. Create an item on the Desktop area. > > OBSERVED RESULT > The item is only shown on Dolphin, but not on the Desktop itself, which > could mean that it crashed. > > EXPECTED RESULT > The Desktop area should not crash after deleting or moving all items out of > it's folder. > > SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS > Operating System: CachyOS Linux > KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.0 > KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0 > Qt Version: 6.10.2 > Kernel Version: 6.19.3-2-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 > Another user has this issue: > https://discuss.kde.org/t/the-desktop-stop-showing-desktop-items-if-all- > items-are-moved-out-or-deleted/44577/4 Exactly the same thing happening to me. Even on 6.6.1 updated last night on cachyOS.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3579
Git commit 1cb67184f89f25966d5566b289fe4230fabaa247 by Akseli Lahtinen. Committed on 26/02/2026 at 09:03. Pushed by akselmo into branch 'master'. Positioner: Check if we need to defer applying positions during model conversion When converting folderModelData, we should first check if we're still listing or not, and apply that to the m_deferApplyPositions. If we defer, we quit early as usual. If not, we set the defer off, even when we do nothing: This allows any other methods to continue loading items as normal. Previously this was not properly reset, causing desktop not loading new items after deleting any. FIXED-IN: 6.6.2 M +4 -8 containments/desktop/plugins/folder/positioner.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/1cb67184f89f25966d5566b289fe4230fabaa247
Git commit 8ef2e782af3b12e900096309c9e9fe9833476fab by Akseli Lahtinen. Committed on 26/02/2026 at 11:51. Pushed by akselmo into branch 'Plasma/6.6'. Positioner: Check if we need to defer applying positions during model conversion When converting folderModelData, we should first check if we're still listing or not, and apply that to the m_deferApplyPositions. If we defer, we quit early as usual. If not, we set the defer off, even when we do nothing: This allows any other methods to continue loading items as normal. Previously this was not properly reset, causing desktop not loading new items after deleting any. FIXED-IN: 6.6.2 (cherry picked from commit 1cb67184f89f25966d5566b289fe4230fabaa247) Co-authored-by: Akseli Lahtinen <akselmo@akselmo.dev> M +4 -8 containments/desktop/plugins/folder/positioner.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/8ef2e782af3b12e900096309c9e9fe9833476fab
*** Bug 517048 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***