Public bug reported: Running plasma-discover-update from the command line often fails with errors such as:
KNS error in "Plasma Styles" : KNSCore::InstallationError "Download of \"Sweet KDE\" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTc0NTYwODk5OSwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiNDY5MjYzMDQzOGQ0YmUzOGNjOTk3ZjFmNzI1OWRkYTZiNmE0MDlhMjhkYWI0YjNhM2EwZGQyNDFhYjA1NzdjOTY4MTc5YjhiNjc4MWRmNjNkMTVjOWYwZDQ4ODllNGUwMjUwMDQ1YjA3YzJjOGEwMWIxNjAyNjRmNWEzNjUwMmIiLCJ0IjoxNzU4ODgzMTgwLCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiMzEuMTI1LjEwOC4xNzkifQ.l9nCLIVMNg_a0hLMDHgki_YmZD1R45AV4i3k6XucwxI/Sweet.tar.xz - server replied: " QVariant(Invalid) kns error "/usr/share/knsrcfiles/plasma-themes.knsrc" "Download of \"Sweet KDE\" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTc0NTYwODk5OSwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiNDY5MjYzMDQzOGQ0YmUzOGNjOTk3ZjFmNzI1OWRkYTZiNmE0MDlhMjhkYWI0YjNhM2EwZGQyNDFhYjA1NzdjOTY4MTc5YjhiNjc4MWRmNjNkMTVjOWYwZDQ4ODllNGUwMjUwMDQ1YjA3YzJjOGEwMWIxNjAyNjRmNWEzNjUwMmIiLCJ0IjoxNzU4ODgzMTgwLCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiMzEuMTI1LjEwOC4xNzkifQ.l9nCLIVMNg_a0hLMDHgki_YmZD1R45AV4i3k6XucwxI/Sweet.tar.xz - server replied: " kf.newstuff.core: "Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTY3NzMxOTE3MSwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiZDIzNWQxZWIzNDdlNjEyZGM0MGYwYjEzMDI4YzczYTQ0MDVmM2M4NzE1YzM1YjQ5OGUwMjQ2ZjZkYTFjN2RmNWZkZDQ2NzMxMjM4ZTEzYTQxNmNiZDRmZDg1YjY0YTUyZmE0ZGNlNTdlMDFlOTQ4YWJiOWE5NTlmNWUzN2MzODYiLCJ0IjoxNzU4ODgzMTgwLCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiMzEuMTI1LjEwOC4xNzkifQ.3HaIzFKZb3eue-B1FJa0xLu1_yOo_ibYTEp79ctBNcE/Win-Light-Wallpaper-With-KDE-Plasma-Logo.jpg - server replied: " kf.newstuff.core: "Download of \"Win-Light-Wallpaper\" failed, error: Error transferring https://files06.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6MTY3NzMxOTE3MSwibyI6IjEiLCJzIjoiZDIzNWQxZWIzNDdlNjEyZGM0MGYwYjEzMDI4YzczYTQ0MDVmM2M4NzE1YzM1YjQ5OGUwMjQ2ZjZkYTFjN2RmNWZkZDQ2NzMxMjM4ZTEzYTQxNmNiZDRmZDg1YjY0YTUyZmE0ZGNlNTdlMDFlOTQ4YWJiOWE5NTlmNWUzN2MzODYiLCJ0IjoxNzU4ODgzMTgwLCJzdGZwIjpudWxsLCJzdGlwIjoiMzEuMTI1LjEwOC4xNzkifQ.3HaIzFKZb3eue-B1FJa0xLu1_yOo_ibYTEp79ctBNcE/Win-Light-Wallpaper-With-KDE-Plasma-Logo.jpg - server replied: " and then it hangs. Doing a Ctrl C and rerunning it seems to "cure" these errors. Trying to follow one of these erroring URLs results in: <response> <status>error</status> <message>file not found (id: aNZh-7R03A86xmxyhviHfgAAF)</message> </response> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: plasma-discover 5.27.12-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11 Uname: Linux 6.11.0-28-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4.4 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Sep 26 10:46:59 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-12-13 (287 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20240911) SourcePackage: plasma-discover UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-12-16 (284 days ago) ** Affects: plasma-discover (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2125747 Title: plasma-discover-update fails with transfer errors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-discover/+bug/2125747/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
