Bug 2480694 - Plasma Discover installs outdated native (RPM) packages from Fedora 44 repos
Summary: Plasma Discover installs outdated native (RPM) packages from Fedora 44 repos
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Status: VERIFIED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: plasma-discover
Version: 44
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Steve Cossette
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-05-22 06:35 UTC by João
Modified: 2026-05-22 10:49 UTC (History)
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Description João 2026-05-22 06:35:46 UTC
Plasma Discover is currently downloading older versions of native Fedora packages instead of the latest ones available in the repositories. After installation, Discover immediately prompts the user that an update is available for the package that was just installed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 44 with KDE Plasma
2. Update the System and Reboot
3. Go to Install a Package with Plasma Discover
4. Check the Updates tab on Discover
Actual Results:
Discover lists and installs an outdated version of the native (RPM) package. Upon successful installation, Discover immediately prompts that there are updates available to said package.

Expected Results:
Discover should read the repository metadata correctly and directly install the latest available version in the Fedora 44 repositories on the first try.

Additional Information:
DNF behaves correctly: If you bypass Discover and use the terminal (sudo dnf install kdenlive), DNF correctly finds and installs the latest version right out of the gate.

Flatpaks behave correctly: Installing Flatpaks directly through Discover (whether using the Fedora Flatpaks remote or Flathub) works perfectly and pulls the correct, latest versions.

Possible Cause: Because standard dnf and Flatpaks work flawlessly, the issue is strictly isolated to Discover/PackageKit. Since Fedora 44 recently transitioned PackageKit to the new DNF5 backend, this bug is highly likely related to how the new PackageKit DNF5 integration reads or caches native RPM repository metadata.

Comment 1 Steve Cossette 2026-05-22 10:46:33 UTC
Can confirm this exists. Will add it to our tracker.

Comment 2 Steve Cossette 2026-05-22 10:49:07 UTC
https://forge.fedoraproject.org/kde/tracker/issues/709


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