https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509760
Bug ID: 509760
Summary: Update loop and notification spam after failed flatpak
update
Classification: Applications
Product: Discover
Version First 6.4.5
Reported In:
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Updates
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 185144
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Video demonstation of the issue
SUMMARY
Few months ago Cisco started to block additional regions (see
https://github.com/cisco/openh264/issues/3886) and currently many Ukrainian
users are not able to finish installation of the
"org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264" package from Flathub. This also uncovered
issue with the KDE Discover. If user have "Automatic updates" enabled, they
might get nasty notification spam. For at least a minute, the computer becomes
unusable until Discover crashes.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open /etc/hosts and block access to the "openh264" host
127.0.0.1 ciscobinary.openh264.org
2. Install Flathub package that depends on the
"org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264"
flatpak install flathub com.obsproject.Studio
3. Notice that "org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264" wasn't installed due to the
unreachable "openh264" host
4. Open Discover, go to Settings, open hamburger menu, select "Configure
Updates...".
5. Set "Update software" to "Automatically", set "Update frequency" to "Daily"
6. Wait several minutes
OBSERVED RESULT
Automatic updates continuously tries to update/install
"org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264" and fails. These actions are extremely
frequent. Discover constantly steals focus to shows the error message, windows
and notifications flash etc. Users can't easily stop this. They have to either
wait until Discover crashes or hard reset computer.
EXPECTED RESULT
Discover shouldn't continuously retry to install the package and show the same
error. There should be a single attempt like it happens when users tries to
update manually.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Kinoite 42/43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Fedora 43 KDE is going to enable "Automatic updates", so I expect that many
users will have this issue.
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