SUMMARY i don't know exactly what happened. i unplugged my secondary monitor and saved normally. when i restarted krita to reset the ui scaling, i couldn't open the .kra anymore. no matter if it's reproducable, the file load might be able to be improved to handle this file. Gwenview was able to display the .kra file, so i was able to save it as avif from there, so i didn't lose the drawing entirely. STEPS TO REPRODUCE wasn't able to reproduce. corrupted file is here (too big to upload): https://1drv.ms/u/c/4c83fee20e012d7f/IQDsyJmtR3VGRYkttz6wxQH8AWaC1k0t-DZjYrTSJAzwvXk?e=5134i5 OBSERVED RESULT Parsing error in root at line 23, column 192 Error message: Unexpected ''. EXPECTED RESULT File loading SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Krita Version: 6.1.0-prealpha (git a6e2f35 at the time of saving, but i also tried opening with a more recent nightly, which failed as well) Hidpi: true Qt Version (compiled): 6.8.0 Version (loaded): 6.8.0 OS Information Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-lp64 Build CPU: x86_64 CPU: x86_64 Kernel Type: linux Kernel Version: 6.19.8-200.fc43.x86_64 Pretty Productname: Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) Product Type: fedora Product Version: 43 Desktop: KDE Appimage build: Yes Locale Languages: en_US, en_Latn_US, en C locale: LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8;LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8;LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8;LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8;LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8;LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8 QLocale current: en QLocale system: en QTextCodec for locale: UTF-8 OpenGL Info Qt Platform Name: "xcb" Qt XCB GL integration plugin: 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Executing /tmp/.mount_krita.jjiIol/usr/bin/krita Krita Version: 6.1.0-prealpha (git a6e2f35), Qt version compiled: 6.8.0, loaded: 6.8.0. Process ID: 77534 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21 Mar 2026 20:15:41 +0100: Style: fusion. Available styles: Windows, Fusion 21 Mar 2026 20:15:41 +0100: Database is up to date. Version: 0.0.18, created by Krita 5.3.0-prealpha, at Sat Jul 5 00:02:28 2025 21 Mar 2026 20:15:41 +0100: INFO: detected unstable build of Krita, foreign_keys constraint will be enabled 21 Mar 2026 20:15:41 +0100: INFO: switch foreign_keys state: 0 -> 1 21 Mar 2026 20:15:42 +0100: Audio Playback Engine: KisPlaybackEngineQT 21 Mar 2026 20:15:46 +0100: KisAppimageUpdater: update check finished. Result: 1 Exit status: 0 path: /home/til/AppImages/krita.appimage output: 21 Mar 2026 20:16:13 +0100: Created image "Unnamed", 3840 * 2160 pixels, 240 dpi. Color model: 8-bit integer/channel RGB/Alpha (sRGB-elle-V2-srgbtrc.icc). Layers: 1 21 Mar 2026 20:23:13 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 20:23:13 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 20:23:13 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 226902 21 Mar 2026 20:30:15 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 20:30:15 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 20:30:15 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 13074442 21 Mar 2026 20:37:16 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 20:37:26 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 20:37:36 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 20:37:36 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 20:37:36 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 14416703 21 Mar 2026 20:44:38 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 20:44:38 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 20:44:38 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 16668013 21 Mar 2026 20:47:09 +0100: Saving Document as /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). 3840 * 2160 pixels, 6 layers. 101 frames, 24 framerate. Export configuration: No configuration 21 Mar 2026 20:47:09 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 20:47:10 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 36998612 21 Mar 2026 20:47:10 +0100: Removing autosave file: /home/til/.krita-77534-document_0-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 20:47:10 +0100: Saving Completed 21 Mar 2026 20:54:43 +0100: Saving Document /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra as /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). 3840 * 2160 pixels, 9 layers. 101 frames, 24 framerate. Export configuration: No configuration 21 Mar 2026 20:54:43 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 20:54:44 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 68863599 21 Mar 2026 20:54:44 +0100: Saving Completed 21 Mar 2026 21:01:48 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:01:48 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 21:01:49 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 104137116 21 Mar 2026 21:07:46 +0100: SAFE ASSERT (krita): "colorSmudgeData" in file /builds/graphics/krita/plugins/paintops/colorsmudge/KisColorSmudgeStrategyLightness.cpp, line 48 21 Mar 2026 21:07:47 +0100: SAFE ASSERT (krita): "colorSmudgeData" in file /builds/graphics/krita/plugins/paintops/colorsmudge/KisColorSmudgeStrategyLightness.cpp, line 48 21 Mar 2026 21:07:50 +0100: SAFE ASSERT (krita): "colorSmudgeData" in file /builds/graphics/krita/plugins/paintops/colorsmudge/KisColorSmudgeStrategyLightness.cpp, line 48 21 Mar 2026 21:07:57 +0100: SAFE ASSERT (krita): "colorSmudgeData" in file /builds/graphics/krita/plugins/paintops/colorsmudge/KisColorSmudgeStrategyLightness.cpp, line 48 21 Mar 2026 21:08:01 +0100: SAFE ASSERT (krita): "colorSmudgeData" in file /builds/graphics/krita/plugins/paintops/colorsmudge/KisColorSmudgeStrategyLightness.cpp, line 48 21 Mar 2026 21:08:12 +0100: Saving Document /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra as /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). 3840 * 2160 pixels, 14 layers. 101 frames, 24 framerate. Export configuration: No configuration 21 Mar 2026 21:08:12 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 21:08:14 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 128324190 21 Mar 2026 21:08:14 +0100: Removing autosave file: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:08:14 +0100: Saving Completed 21 Mar 2026 21:08:37 +0100: SAFE ASSERT (krita): "colorSmudgeData" in file /builds/graphics/krita/plugins/paintops/colorsmudge/KisColorSmudgeStrategyLightness.cpp, line 48 21 Mar 2026 21:10:20 +0100: Saving Document /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra as /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). 3840 * 2160 pixels, 16 layers. 101 frames, 24 framerate. Export configuration: No configuration 21 Mar 2026 21:10:20 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 21:10:22 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 129081110 21 Mar 2026 21:10:22 +0100: Saving Completed 21 Mar 2026 21:17:42 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:17:52 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:18:02 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:18:12 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:18:12 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 21:18:13 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 115045319 21 Mar 2026 21:25:34 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:25:34 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 21:25:35 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 115124845 21 Mar 2026 21:36:18 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:36:18 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 21:36:19 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 115285448 21 Mar 2026 21:47:18 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 21:47:18 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 21:47:19 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 116053936 21 Mar 2026 22:02:47 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:02:47 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 22:02:48 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 116131066 21 Mar 2026 22:15:47 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:15:57 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:16:07 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:16:17 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:16:17 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 22:16:18 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 116186554 21 Mar 2026 22:24:05 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:24:05 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 22:24:06 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 116199517 21 Mar 2026 22:31:50 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:31:50 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 22:31:51 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 116221678 21 Mar 2026 22:42:06 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:42:06 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 22:42:07 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 116228529 21 Mar 2026 22:49:46 +0100: Autosaving: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:49:46 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 22:49:47 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 116367664 21 Mar 2026 22:51:20 +0100: Saving Document /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra as /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). 3840 * 2160 pixels, 22 layers. 101 frames, 24 framerate. Export configuration: No configuration 21 Mar 2026 22:51:20 +0100: Converting from application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Batchmode: 0. Configuration: none 21 Mar 2026 22:51:22 +0100: Completed saving /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra (mime: application/x-krita). Result: OK. Warning: . Size: 130950091 21 Mar 2026 22:51:22 +0100: Removing autosave file: /home/til/Documents/Krita/.quest mark.kra-autosave.kra 21 Mar 2026 22:51:22 +0100: Saving Completed 21 Mar 2026 23:02:39 +0100: CLOSING SESSION ================================================================================ SESSION: 21 Mar 2026 23:02:49 +0100. Executing /tmp/.mount_krita.cBenpG/usr/bin/krita Krita Version: 6.1.0-prealpha (git a6e2f35), Qt version compiled: 6.8.0, loaded: 6.8.0. Process ID: 99390 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21 Mar 2026 23:02:49 +0100: Style: fusion. Available styles: Windows, Fusion 21 Mar 2026 23:02:49 +0100: Database is up to date. Version: 0.0.18, created by Krita 5.3.0-prealpha, at Sat Jul 5 00:02:28 2025 21 Mar 2026 23:02:49 +0100: INFO: detected unstable build of Krita, foreign_keys constraint will be enabled 21 Mar 2026 23:02:49 +0100: INFO: switch foreign_keys state: 0 -> 1 21 Mar 2026 23:02:50 +0100: Audio Playback Engine: KisPlaybackEngineQT 21 Mar 2026 23:02:53 +0100: KisAppimageUpdater: update check finished. Result: 1 Exit status: 0 path: /home/til/AppImages/krita.appimage output: 21 Mar 2026 23:02:55 +0100: Importing application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Batchmode: 0 21 Mar 2026 23:02:55 +0100: Failed to load image from application/x-krita 21 Mar 2026 23:02:55 +0100: Loading /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra failed: The file format cannot be parsed. 21 Mar 2026 23:03:07 +0100: Loading canceled: . 21 Mar 2026 23:03:09 +0100: Importing application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Batchmode: 0 21 Mar 2026 23:03:09 +0100: Failed to load image from application/x-krita 21 Mar 2026 23:03:09 +0100: Loading /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra failed: The file format cannot be parsed. 21 Mar 2026 23:03:11 +0100: Loading canceled: . 21 Mar 2026 23:03:15 +0100: Importing application/x-krita to application/x-krita. Location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Real location: /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra. Batchmode: 0 21 Mar 2026 23:03:15 +0100: Failed to load image from application/x-krita 21 Mar 2026 23:03:15 +0100: Loading /home/til/Documents/Krita/quest mark.kra failed: The file format cannot be parsed. 21 Mar 2026 23:03:21 +0100: Loading canceled: . 21 Mar 2026 23:03:22 +0100: CLOSING SESSION ================================================================================
It opens fine with 5.2.16 and 5.3.0, but doesn't open with 6.0.0 -- so it's a Qt6 problem...
(Note: the save isn't corrupt, since it can be loaded in other versions, so setting to Normal, but 6.0.0 cannot load the file.)
It seems there's invalid characters in some layer names, which maybe Qt5 allows and Qt6 doesn't. I hopefully fixed your file here so you don't lose your work: https://data.nicolas17.xyz/quest-mark-fixed.kra Still needs an actual fix in the app...
It looks like the xml parser in qt6 is a bit stricter than in qt5. For some reason a a layer name contains a stray 0x15 and 0x16 bytes, which cause the parser to error out. And there doesn't seem to be a way to force `QDomDocument::setContent` to process those invalid characters.
Hi, Til! Are you able to reproduce the issue on our computer? It seems like the issue happens when you either paste or Drag&Drop an image as a layer into Krita (so that it gets "(pasted)" suffix) and then saving the document
Ah. i found it. gmic can't handle the brackets from the "(pasted)" when sending the filtered layer back to krita. Steps: - paste picture from clipboard. the layer name will be "[...] (pasted)" - open gmic, apply any filter. the layer name will have unknown ascii characters instead of brackets - save - reopen file. error occurs
Also thank you, Nicolas
I can confirm G'Mic is the source of the NAK and SYN replacing the brackets! Good find!
I guess something went wrong with the translation of regular expressions in kis_qmic_import_tools.cpp
Git commit 407c17b3ce76948eda0fa901a542733a8ada489c by Dmitry Kazakov. Committed on 07/04/2026 at 08:58. Pushed by dkazakov into branch 'master'. Fix conversion of layers names passed to GMic When passing the layers to GMic we replace all the '(' and ')' symbols with special control symbols, because parenthesis have a special meaning in GMic and carry layer properties via mere layer names. So, we should replace these control characters back when importing layers from GMic. M +2 -2 plugins/extensions/qmic/kis_qmic_import_tools.cpp M +1 -4 plugins/extensions/qmic/kis_qmic_interface.cpp M +12 -0 plugins/extensions/qmic/kis_qmic_simple_convertor.cpp M +18 -0 plugins/extensions/qmic/kis_qmic_simple_convertor.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/commit/407c17b3ce76948eda0fa901a542733a8ada489c
Git commit 5c3c57db2a87199c976997c24b2f09c226baa082 by Dmitry Kazakov. Committed on 07/04/2026 at 08:59. Pushed by dkazakov into branch 'krita/6.0'. Fix conversion of layers names passed to GMic When passing the layers to GMic we replace all the '(' and ')' symbols with special control symbols, because parenthesis have a special meaning in GMic and carry layer properties via mere layer names. So, we should replace these control characters back when importing layers from GMic. M +2 -2 plugins/extensions/qmic/kis_qmic_import_tools.cpp M +1 -4 plugins/extensions/qmic/kis_qmic_interface.cpp M +12 -0 plugins/extensions/qmic/kis_qmic_simple_convertor.cpp M +18 -0 plugins/extensions/qmic/kis_qmic_simple_convertor.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/commit/5c3c57db2a87199c976997c24b2f09c226baa082
Hi, Til! The main source of the bug is now fixed, i.e. GMic will no longer try to add these control characters to your layers. Though I'm not sure we can actually make the Qt6-based version of Krita to open these broken XML fiels. So, to fix your already broken files, just open them in Krita 5.3.x, replace the squares (unprintable characters) in the layers with parenthesis and just save. Krita 6.x will be able to open such "fixed" files.