https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441555
Bug ID: 441555 Summary: Audio Volume applet cause high CPU usage spike Product: plasmashell Version: 5.22.4 Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: major Priority: NOR Component: System Tray Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org Reporter: danglaxi...@gmail.com CC: mate...@gmail.com Target Milestone: 1.0 SUMMARY Audio Volume applet causes high CPU usage spike and the current workaround is to disable the applet via System Tray Config. More details: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/pbbzqh/plasmashell_suddenly_eats_up_100_of_cpu/ STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install Arch Linux and KDE 2. Open htop and see plasmashell consuming 50% of all CPU cores usage for about 1 second 3. After about 5 seconds the usage drop down to normal and spike up again a few seconds later OBSERVED RESULT Endlessly 50% usage CPU spike from plasmashell service (causes by Audio Volume applet) SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.13.12-xanmod1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics Memory: 15.1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD RENOIR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I kill the process and start it in the terminal to monitor the error output. Here is the result (https://pastebin.com/YrNTUeqS). Everytime the line "qrc:/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.volume/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml:233: TypeError: Cannot read property 'visible' of null" appear the CPU usage spike up -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.