finally managed to fully recreate the first case. the gdb results seem to match the original ones i posted accept of course continued to the bottom.
#0 0x00007faf8b8f4a2b in readlink () at /lib64/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007faf8b8288f0 in realpath@@GLIBC_2.3 () at /lib64/libc.so.6
#2 0x00007faf8c0a906f in QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(QFileSystemEntry const&, QFileSystemMetaData&) ()
at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#3 0x00007faf8bea35c9 in QFileInfoPrivate::getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::FileName) const () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#4 0x00007faf8bea3a55 in QFileInfo::canonicalFilePath() const () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#5 0x00007faf8e36cec8 in KCoreDirListerCache::listDir(KCoreDirLister*, QUrl const&, bool, bool) [clone .isra.0] ()
at /lib64/libKF6KIOCore.so.6
#6 0x00007faf8e326605 in KCoreDirLister::openUrl(QUrl const&, QFlags<KCoreDirLister::OpenUrlFlag>) ()
at /lib64/libKF6KIOCore.so.6
#7 0x00007faf8e8e178d in DolphinView::setUrl(QUrl const&) () at /lib64/libdolphinprivate.so.6
#8 0x0000557cf031345e in DolphinViewContainer::slotUrlNavigatorLocationChanged(QUrl const&) ()
#9 0x00007faf8bf5a26e in void doActivate<false>(QObject*, int, void**) () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#10 0x00007faf8e7a2a8c in KUrlNavigator::urlChanged(QUrl const&) () at /lib64/libKF6KIOFileWidgets.so.6
#11 0x00007faf8e7a363a in QtPrivate::QCallableObject<KUrlNavigatorPrivate::KUrlNavigatorPrivate(QUrl const&, KUrlNavigator*, KFilePlacesModel*)::{lambda()#1}, QtPrivate::List<>, void>::impl(int, QtPrivate::QSlotObjectBase*, QObject*, void**, bool*) [clone .lto_priv.0] () at /lib64/libKF6KIOFileWidgets.so.6
#12 0x00007faf8bf5a26e in void doActivate<false>(QObject*, int, void**) () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#13 0x00007faf8e4dc324 in KCoreUrlNavigator::setCurrentLocationUrl(QUrl const&) () at /lib64/libKF6KIOGui.so.6
#14 0x00007faf8e7a0c4d in KUrlNavigator::setLocationUrl(QUrl const&) () at /lib64/libKF6KIOFileWidgets.so.6
#15 0x00007faf8bf5a26e in void doActivate<false>(QObject*, int, void**) () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#16 0x00007faf8e7a2a8c in KUrlNavigator::urlChanged(QUrl const&) () at /lib64/libKF6KIOFileWidgets.so.6
#17 0x00007faf8e7a363a in QtPrivate::QCallableObject<KUrlNavigatorPrivate::KUrlNavigatorPrivate(QUrl const&, KUrlNavigator*, KFilePlacesModel*)::{lambda()#1}, QtPrivate::List<>, void>::impl(int, QtPrivate::QSlotObjectBase*, QObject*, void**, bool*) [clone .lto_priv.0] () at /lib64/libKF6KIOFileWidgets.so.6
#18 0x00007faf8bf5a26e in void doActivate<false>(QObject*, int, void**) () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#19 0x00007faf8e4dc324 in KCoreUrlNavigator::setCurrentLocationUrl(QUrl const&) () at /lib64/libKF6KIOGui.so.6
#20 0x00007faf8e7a0c4d in KUrlNavigator::setLocationUrl(QUrl const&) () at /lib64/libKF6KIOFileWidgets.so.6
#21 0x00007faf8bf5a26e in void doActivate<false>(QObject*, int, void**) () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#22 0x00007faf8e790562 in KDEPrivate::KUrlNavigatorButton::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent*) ()
at /lib64/libKF6KIOFileWidgets.so.6
#23 0x00007faf8d0a40f8 in QWidget::event(QEvent*) () at /lib64/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#24 0x00007faf8d03d9b8 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib64/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#25 0x00007faf8d048b5b in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib64/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#26 0x00007faf8bef3590 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#27 0x00007faf8d0470ec in QApplicationPrivate::sendMouseEvent(QWidget*, QMouseEvent*, QWidget*, QWidget*, QWidget**, QPointer<QWidget>&, bool, bool) () at /lib64/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#28 0x00007faf8d0b8b0c in QWidgetWindow::handleMouseEvent(QMouseEvent*) () at /lib64/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#29 0x00007faf8d0bb680 in QWidgetWindow::event(QEvent*) () at /lib64/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#30 0x00007faf8d03d9b8 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib64/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#31 0x00007faf8bef3590 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#32 0x00007faf8c6eace9 in QGuiApplicationPrivate::processMouseEvent(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::MouseEvent*) ()
at /lib64/libQt6Gui.so.6
#33 0x00007faf8c75315c in QWindowSystemInterface::sendWindowSystemEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
at /lib64/libQt6Gui.so.6
#34 0x00007faf8cccac54 in userEventSourceDispatch(_GSource*, int (*)(void*), void*) () at /lib64/libQt6Gui.so.6
#35 0x00007faf88aa128c in g_main_context_dispatch_unlocked.lto_priv () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#36 0x00007faf88b017b8 in g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#37 0x00007faf88aa2783 in g_main_context_iteration () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#38 0x00007faf8c1ef2b3 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) ()
at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#39 0x00007faf8bf00993 in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
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#40 0x00007faf8befbf6e in QCoreApplication::exec() () at /lib64/libQt6Core.so.6
#41 0x0000557cf02eb99d in main ()