# Notifications Not Disappearing **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** plasma, notifications\ **Created:** [May 16, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072 "2026-05-16T23:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/unclespellbinder/32/29636_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://discuss.kde.org/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/1 "2026-05-16T23:38:21Z")
Something strange started happening today. Notifications won’t disappear. I have to close them manually. Doesn’t matter what the notifications are for… completed downloads, moving files, all notifications seem affected. ![Screenshot20260516183036](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/c/4/c461026c3cbac966b1948b8b1f620cfea5846141.png) This is happening on two different rigs, 2 different distros. CachyOS on a laptop, and EndeavourOS on my PC. So it doesn’t seem to be a distro issue. Must be KDE Plasma itself. 🤔 ```auto ❯ kinfo Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.26.0 Qt Version: 6.11.1 Kernel Version: 7.0.8-zen1-1-zen (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti ─❯ ``` ---
**Author:** ![ngraham](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/ngraham/32/64_2.png) [@ngraham](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ngraham)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/2 "2026-05-17T01:17:25Z")
This is unfortunately a Qt 6.11.1 regression. See [https://bugs.kde.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=520120](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520120). ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/unclespellbinder/32/29636_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://discuss.kde.org/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/3 "2026-05-17T01:24:14Z")
Odd. I’m having the same issue on Debian SID. As you can see in my OP, Debian SID is on `Qt Version: 6.10.2`. ### EDIT: DELETED DUE TO BEING UNRELATED TO THE MAIN ISSUE. ---
**Author:** ![Scruggs](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/scruggs/32/37932_2.png) [@Scruggs](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Scruggs)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/4 "2026-05-17T01:49:20Z")
> [@UncleSpellbinder](#): > > Seems to happen only when moving large files from folder to folder or drive to drive. I also encounter this issue when extracting archives (.rar) directly from Dolphin’s context menu. The timeout bar drains to the left, but the notification remains open. ---
**Author:** ![ngraham](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/ngraham/32/64_2.png) [@ngraham](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ngraham)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/5 "2026-05-17T02:15:47Z")
> [@UncleSpellbinder](#): > > Odd. I’m having the same issue on Debian SID. As you can see in my OP, Debian SID is on `Qt Version: 6.10.2`. > > ### EDIT: > > After revisiting my Debian SID laptop, it’s very intermittent. Seems to happen only when moving large files from folder to folder or drive to drive. All other notifications are working as expected. Still, odd. If it’s intermittent and you’re seeing a different set of symptoms, you’re encountering a different issue with a different root cause. The OP’s issue is the one I mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/unclespellbinder/32/29636_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://discuss.kde.org/u/UncleSpellbinder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/6 "2026-05-17T02:19:08Z")
Copy that. I am the OP, so I’ll edit out the Debian parts since it’s not related. 🖖 ---
**Author:** ![145a](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@145a](https://discuss.kde.org/u/145a)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/7 "2026-05-17T02:19:46Z")
I’m having the same issue on Debian Testing. > Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux forky/sid > KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.4 > KDE Frameworks Version: 6.23.0 > Qt Version: 6.10.2 > Kernel Version: 7.0.4+deb14-amd64 (64-bit) > Graphics Platform: X11 ---
**Author:** ![amilias](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@amilias](https://discuss.kde.org/u/amilias)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/8 "2026-05-17T05:10:32Z")
Same here, and at the same time disabling notifications / DND mode does not seem to be working for me either. It doesn’t seem possible to stop notifications from appearing at all, no matter the settings. Not sure if this is related to the Qt Update as well or if I’m being stupid, but I hope we can find a workaround before this drives me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![EatMyShorts](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/eatmyshorts/32/31803_2.png) [@EatMyShorts](https://discuss.kde.org/u/EatMyShorts)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/notifications-not-disappearing/47072/9 "2026-05-17T09:41:42Z")
Maybe this’ll be a good opportunity to fix the notification for when one removes a widget, cause just like any other notification they should automatically close after the amount of time the user set and not just stay open til the user closes them.