Bug 2437944

Summary: The launcher does not start properly on Fedora 44
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Lukas Ruzicka <lruzicka>
Component: plasma-desktopAssignee: KDE SIG <kde-sig>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 44CC: awilliam, hygorhernane, jgrulich, kde-sig, marcdeop, robatino, than, viniciush.dev
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Description Lukas Ruzicka 2026-02-09 11:48:10 UTC 
On KDE 44, the 20260209 nightly, the launcher does not start properly. Instead, it shows a dialogue reporting the errors (see attachment). You can also see the problem in the openQA - https://openqa.stg.fedoraproject.org/tests/5882570#step/basic_networking_client/9.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install KDE Live from 20260209.
2. Click on the launcher icon.
3. See the results.
Actual Results:
Launcher does not start.

Expected Results:
Launcher should start normally.
Comment 1 Lukas Ruzicka 2026-02-09 11:48:55 UTC 
Created attachment 2128760 [details]
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Comment 2 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2026-02-09 11:57:36 UTC 
Proposed as a Blocker for 44-beta by Fedora user lruzicka using the blocker tracking app because:

 This violates the criteria for Desktop panel.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Beta_Release_Criteria#Desktop_panel
Comment 3 Lukas Ruzicka 2026-02-09 12:54:23 UTC 
The above problem is not seen on the previous nightly, i.e. 20260208, so the problem must have appeared in the last nightly.
Comment 4 Adam Williamson 2026-02-09 20:45:59 UTC 
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-9c3da3e12e fixes this.