Qt6-declarative update today broke kickoff launcher

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╰─❯  grep -i upgraded /var/log/pacman.log | tail -5 
[2026-04-15T08:27:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-mediafile (0.16.0-1 -> 0.16.1-1)
[2026-04-15T08:27:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-packaging (26.0-1 -> 26.1-1)
[2026-04-15T08:27:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded tinysparql (3.11.0-1 -> 3.11.1-1)
[2026-04-15T12:50:30+0200] [ALPM] upgraded editorconfig-core-c (0.12.10-1 -> 0.12.11-1)
[2026-04-15T17:49:48+0200] [ALPM] upgraded qt6-declarative (6.11.0-1 -> 6.11.0-2)

my latest update broke application launcher( kickoff

kickoff
kickoff691×673 142 KB

EDIT: There is already a bug report

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The link to the bug report ends in “no results found”. Maybe it is already fixed (but not pushed out yet)?.

Anyway, stumbled over the same issue a few minutes ago and reverted with
sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/qt6-declarative-6.11.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
to the old pre 6.11.0-2 version for the moment.

Edit: and qt6-declarative-6.11.0-3 is available and fixed the issue.

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That was fast.

[2026-04-15T17:49:48+0200] [ALPM] upgraded qt6-declarative (6.11.0-1 -> 6.11.0-2)
[2026-04-15T18:39:09+0200] [ALPM] upgraded qt6-declarative (6.11.0-2 -> 6.11.0-3)
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I couldn’t fix it even after updating to qt6-declarative 6.11.0-4 :sob:

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Had to reboot.
Logout and back in from or restart Plasma may also work but don’t know. Without the logout button in the launcher the reboot command was the first, and therefore the easiest, thing that came to mind.

Just checked “Control-Alt-Delete” and go from there may have worked, but I managed it without :rofl: