KDE Ships Frameworks 6.18.0

Friday, 12 September 2025  |  KDE Community

Friday, 12 September 2025

KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.18.0.

This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.

New in this version

Baloo
  • Fix casing of ecm_generate_headers PREFIX arg value. Commit.
Breeze Icons
Extra CMake Modules
  • Ecm_generate_headers: add docs when target include dirs need no extra setup. Commit.
  • [KDEInstallDirsCommon] Add missing RUNSTATEDIR. Commit.
  • [ECMFeatureSummary] Add missing documentation. Commit.
  • Allow to use unity builds for qmlcachegen files. Commit.
  • ECMSetupQtPluginMacroNames: add MACRO_NAMES arg, phase out JSON_* ones. Commit.
  • KDECompilerSettings.cmake - enable warning 5249 when compiling with MSVC. Commit.
  • ECMAddAppIcon: Fix empty ELSEIF warnings w/ >=CMake-4.1.0. Commit.
  • Move away from removed docutils error handling helpers. Commit.
Framework Integration
  • Turn on popups for device notifications. Commit.
KArchive
  • Tests: Merge ossfuzz test functions into one. Commit.
  • 7z: Make sure seqInStream/coderIndex are initialized. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix crash on malformed files. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix crash on malformed files. Commit.
  • Kzip: Add another test for extra headers. Commit.
  • Kzip: Replace open coded 16bit uint reading with common method. Commit.
  • Kzip: Replace last occurences of open coded 32bit uint reading. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix crash on malformed files. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix index out of range in QList::at on malformed files. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix index out of range in QList::at on malformed files. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix index out of range in QList::at on malformed files. Commit.
  • KZipFileEntry::data: Don't try to extract data of files that are too big. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix crash on malformed files. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix crash on malformed files. Commit.
  • 7z: Fix crash on malformed files. Commit.
  • 7z: Return false instead of assert in malformed files. Commit.
  • Move fuzz target and build script into KArchive repository. Commit.
  • 7zip: Fix crash in malformed files. Commit.
KAuth
  • ExecuteJob: Don't warn if application has no windows at all. Commit.
  • Fix build when KAUTH_BUILD_CODEGENERATOR_ONLY=ON. Commit.
  • ExecuteJob: Use focusWindow or any window as parent window. Commit.
KBookmarks
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KCalendarCore
  • It compiles fine without qt 6.10 deprecated methods. Commit.
  • Src/memorycalendar.cpp - fix an unsed-comparison warning. Commit.
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of src/build dirs to lib's build includes if. Commit.
  • Ci: require passing tests on all platforms. Commit.
KCMUtils
  • KCModuleQml: Fix back button for kcms with pinned columns. Commit.
  • Enable qmllint in CI. Commit.
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
  • KCModuleData: Add auxiliaryAction and isRelevant. Commit.
KCodecs
  • Remove unused function. Commit.
  • Move fuzz target and build script into KCodecs repository. Commit.
  • KEmailAddress::splitAddress: fewer allocations. Commit.
  • Ci: require passing tests on all platforms. Commit.
  • Fix quoted-printable with msvc compiler. Commit.
  • Add cppcheck and json validation. Commit.
KColorScheme
  • KColorSchemeManager: Update internal state before applying palette. Commit.
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KConfig
  • Fix unit test input data. Commit.
  • Fix clazy misc small issues in autotests. Commit.
  • Fix/silence clazy suggestions about using static regex. Commit.
  • KWindowCondig: Avoid detaching of temporary container. Commit.
  • Avoid using size check and implicit 0 to false conversion to check for empty container. Commit.
  • Silence clazy warning about non-pod-static where it makes no sense. Commit.
  • KStandardActions: Disable formatting for one statement to have normalized connect signature. Commit.
  • Use -> operator directly instead of calling data on QPointer member. Commit.
  • Register KConfigSkeleton to QML. Commit.
  • Convert QLatin1String to QLatin1Char. Commit.
  • Use QStandardPaths::GenericStateLocation on all platforms. Commit.
  • Prevent KSharedConfig::openStateConfig() from opening configs in ~/.local/state in tests. Commit.
  • It compiles fine without qt 6.10 deprecated methods. Commit.
KConfigWidgets
  • KLanguageButton: Propagate tooltip to child button. Commit.
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KCoreAddons
  • KUrlMimeData: More const. Commit.
  • Add context parameter to QTimer::singleShot. Commit.
  • Silence clazy warning about non-pod-static in qml plugin. Commit.
  • Avoid using size check and implicit 0 to false conversion to check for empty container. Commit.
  • Use newer simpler ecm_setup_qtplugin_macro_names API. Commit.
  • Add AFS as remote file system. Commit. Fixes bug #375623
  • Add KSharedDataCache::remove(). Commit.
  • Expose KTextToHTML to QML. Commit.
KDav
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KDeclarative
  • Kquickcontrols: Fix mistakes in KeySequenceItem.pattern migration. Commit.
  • Enable qmllint in CI. Commit.
KFileMetaData
  • [PlaintextExtractor] Use explicitly sized type for 32bit compatibility. Commit.
  • Fix casing of ecm_generate_headers PREFIX arg value. Commit.
  • Dump test: remove unused include directory. Commit.
  • [Exiv2Extractor] Fix compatibility with Exiv2 0.27.x. Commit.
  • [Exiv2Extractor] Add support for subsecond timestamps and timezones. Commit.
  • [Exiv2Extractor] Add dedicated parser for Exif compound dates. Commit.
  • Add tests for internal DateTime parser helper. Commit.
  • [Exiv2ExtractorTest] Fix incorrect QTime initialization. Commit.
KGlobalAccel
  • Properly qualify enum usage. Commit.
KGuiAddons
  • Allow shift modifier for TouchpadOff to support Copilot key. Commit.
KHolidays
  • Changed Child's Health Day to the first Monday in October. Commit.
  • Indian Independence Day isn't recognized before 1947. Commit. Fixes bug #460343
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of src/build dirs to lib's build includes if. Commit.
KI18n
  • Define string as local variable and do not call .data() to put it in string view. Commit.
  • Fix clazy warnigns about detaching containers. Commit.
KIconThemes
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KImageformats
  • Dds: Fix assert when reading broken data. Commit.
  • Unified maximum pixel value for large image plugins. Commit.
  • Removed the conversion of the entire image to a compatible format when saving from the PCX, PIC, and RGB plugins. Commit.
  • TGA: Support for TGA specification 2.0. Commit.
  • Fix possible buffer overflow on corrupted images. Commit.
  • TGA: memory optimizations and native grayscale support. Commit.
  • Move fuzz target and build script into KImageFormats repository. Commit.
  • IFF: add support for a different palette per line. Commit.
  • IFF: Fix possible undefined-shift. Commit.
  • RAW: Error out on malformed files. Commit.
  • IFF: add support for RGBN/RGB8 image data and CAT chunk. Commit.
  • ILBM 64-bit extension support. Commit.
  • Fix oss-fuzz compilation error. Commit.
  • IFF: Fix halfbride detection, 1-bitplane colors and PBM line size calculation. It also ignore ZBuffer flag on Maya images (like Photoshop does) amd adds CMYK palette support. Commit.
KIO
  • KDirModel: use moveAs instead of Rename when editing file name. Commit. Fixes bug #407509
  • Kfileitem: mimeComment for .desktop should not be their 'Comment'. Commit. Fixes bug #382325
  • Guard mount point lookup. Commit. Fixes bug #508185
  • KUrlRequester: Announce preceding label when focused. Commit.
  • Fix KI18n find_dependency call in KF6KIOConfig. Commit.
  • [previewjob] Fix another QStringBuilder being passed across threads. Commit.
  • Don't pass a QStringBuilder to another thread. Commit.
  • Filepreviewjob: Move saving of thumbnails to a new thread. Commit.
  • Filepreviewjob: Load cached thumbnail in a worker thread. Commit.
  • Filepreviewjob: Move generic preamble out of cache lookup method. Commit.
  • Filepreviewjob: move thumbnail validity check to a new method. Commit.
  • KUrlComboBox::setUrls(): remove check for file existence. Commit. Fixes bug #507598
  • [kfilewidget] Always show bookmarks action. Commit.
  • Allow building KIOCore and KIOGui without KIOWidgets. Commit.
  • KCoreDirLister: Avoid uneeded mimetype lookup from name. Commit.
  • Add QTBUG reference. Commit.
  • Correct SPDX formatting. Commit.
  • Add autotest and separate request type check. Commit.
  • Avoid "Content-Length: 0" header for empty GET and HEAD requests. Commit. Fixes bug #507523
  • PreviewJob: Move plugin check to FilePreviewJob. Commit.
  • [kfilefiltercombo] Remove unneeded variable. Commit.
  • [kfilewidget] Rename slotMimeFilterChanged. Commit.
  • [kfilefiltercombo] Rename variable for clarity. Commit.
  • [kfilefiltercombo] Remove duplicate validity check. Commit.
  • Knewfilemenu: Enable word wrap for instruction label. Commit.
  • KDynamicJobTracker: Register with KInhibitionJobTracker. Commit.
  • Revert "core: Add infrastructure for inhibiting suspend in jobs". Commit.
  • Revert "CopyJob: Inhibit suspend during copy operation". Commit.
  • KFileFilterCombo: Fix initial delay in applying filter in KFileWidget. Commit. See bug #508026
  • PreviewJob: Allow parallel preview creation. Commit.
Kirigami
  • PageRow: Fix Breadcrumb mode. Commit.
  • Fixes various typos. Commit.
  • [ListItemDragHandle] Bugfix: Auto-scroll upwards not working due to rounding real values to integers. Commit.
  • PageRow: Fix sidebar visibility in certain cases. Commit.
  • [NavigationTabBar] Avoid divide by zero. Commit.
  • ToolbarLayout: immediately perform layout at startup. Commit.
  • ColumnViwe: typo: connect -> disconnect. Commit.
  • ToolBarPageHeader: Quiet some warnings. Commit.
  • Replace Qt.application with more modern alternative. Commit.
  • Don't relayout during item destruction. Commit. Fixes bug #507483
  • NavigationTabBar Documentation Update. Commit.
  • PageRow: Better back button behavior. Commit.
  • ColumnView: fix setCurrentIndex when leadingVisiblePage is pinned. Commit.
  • [SearchField] Allow multiple find shortcuts. Commit.
  • [ActionTextField] Allow multiple focus shortcuts. Commit.
  • Remove debug log. Commit.
  • Ensure that formlayout content order is always correct. Commit. Fixes bug #507738
  • Reapply "Immediately relayout after creating FormLayout / adding elements to it". Commit.
  • Enable qmllint in CI. Commit.
  • PromptDialog: Fix warning on enum usage. Commit.
  • PageRow: Fix typo on the documentation. Commit.
  • Fixes for pinned pages usage. Commit.
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to libs' build includes interface. Commit.
  • PlatformTheme: Do not emit when the object is still constructing. Commit.
  • Parent LanguageChangeEventFilter to qApp. Commit.
  • [shadernode] Fix leaking attributeSet. Commit.
  • ActionTextField: documentation: add note about action tooltip. Commit.
  • ColumnView: focus the column is being clicked. Commit.
KJobWidgets
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
  • Add KInhibitionJobTracker. Commit.
  • Move DBus interface XML to dbus subdirectory. Commit.
KNewStuff
  • Enable qmllint in CI. Commit.
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to libs' build includes interface. Commit.
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KNotifications
  • Dont update id if server returns an error. Commit.
  • KNotification: Use std::as_const in some more cases. Commit.
  • NotifyByPopup: Remove trivial variable that is never used. Commit.
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KPackage
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to libs' build includes interface. Commit.
  • Don't generate appstream data for packages by default. Commit.
KPeople
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to libs' build includes interface. Commit.
KPTY
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KQuickCharts
  • Enable qmllint in CI. Commit.
  • Fix legends height changing when the value changes. Commit.
KRunner
  • Use -> operator directly instead of calling data on QPointer member. Commit.
  • Make test more stable. Commit.
  • Drop unneeded addition of build dirs to lib's build includes interface. Commit.
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
  • Remove min letter count example. Commit. See bug #490972
KService
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
KSVG
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to libs' build includes interface. Commit.
  • Workaround plasmashell crashing due to new Svg::colorOverridesChanged() signal. Commit.
  • Fix FrameSvg not refreshing when color scheme changes. Commit. Fixes bug #503671
KTextEditor
  • Add kate modeline autocompletion. Commit.
  • Ensure we only handle decorations that set foreground color. Commit. Fixes bug #507542
  • Remove unused includes. Commit.
  • Remove unused method. Commit.
  • Dont store KateRenderer in KateLineLayout. Commit.
  • Dont store Kate::TextLine in KateLineLayout. Commit.
  • Multicursor: Fix performance issues when deleting lot of lines. Commit.
  • Fix selection drawing for block selection. Commit. Fixes bug #508522
  • Dont use SmallestReadableFont, it makes the text hard to read. Commit.
  • Fix QFormLayoutPrivate::setItem: Cell (1, 1) already occupied. Commit.
  • Readded toggle bookmark action in context menu. Commit.
  • Removed stateful bookmark toggle action. Commit.
  • Added stateless toggle bookmark action. Commit.
KUnitConversion
  • Drop unneeded addition of build dirs to lib's build includes interface. Commit.
KUserFeedback
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of src/build dirs to libs' build includes if. Commit.
  • Drop KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR from the public libraries' interfaces. Commit.
KWallet
  • Add service file for portal DBus service. Commit. Fixes bug #508870
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
  • Fix compile kwallet using kde-builder. Commit. Fixes bug #485564
KWindowSystem
  • Simplify NETWinInfo::desktop when in WindowManager role. Commit.
KXMLGUI
  • Mention distribution method in AboutDialog. Commit.
  • Bump kf ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions. Make sure that it compiles fine without kf 6.17 deprecated methods. Commit.
Network Manager Qt
  • Fix: Add setManaged interface. Commit.
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to libs' build includes interface. Commit.
Purpose
  • Fix i18n issues. Commit.
  • Add missing CI dependency. Commit.
  • Enable qmllint in CI. Commit.
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to libs' build includes interface. Commit.
  • AlternativesView: Sort items when displaying them. Commit.
  • Menu: Sort actions by the display text before creating the actions. Commit.
QQC2 Desktop Style
  • Switch: Wrap long text. Commit.
  • Enable qmllint in CI. Commit.
  • Dialog: hide in-window title component when dialog is Window type. Commit.
  • Dialog: remove corners and border when popup is Window type. Commit.
  • Remove baselineOffset binding from TabButton. Commit.
  • PlasmaDesktopTheme: Do not emit changes whilst constructing. Commit.
  • Fix small binding loop. Commit.
  • Combobox: make comment accurate. Commit.
Solid
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to libs' build includes interface. Commit.
Syndication
  • Drop unused expl. addition of root build dir to lib's build includes if. Commit.
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of src/build dirs to lib's build includes if. Commit.
Syntax Highlighting
  • Yaml.xml: Bump version. Commit.
  • Yaml.xml: Associate metadata with YAML. Commit.
  • Change the Breeze Light MarkWarning color to orange. Commit.
  • Nix: Fix highlighting for assert expression. Commit.
  • Nix: Update name. Commit.
  • Typst: Update name. Commit.
  • Theme_contrast_checker.py: show italic, underline, strike through and background color specified in a styles. Commit.
  • Fix themes with two adjacent color in CSV syntaxes. Commit. Fixes bug #477042
  • Increase version in markdown.xml. Commit.
  • Change context identifier for toml and ini code blocks in markdown files. Commit.
  • Add toml/desktop/ini code block support to markdown.xml. Commit.
  • Cmake.xml: updates for CMake 4.1. Commit.
  • Remove not used reference. Commit.
  • Adjust references to added keywords. Commit.
  • Edit crystal.xml: added missing keywords (enum and some C-related ones). Commit.
Threadweaver
  • QVERIFY -> QCOMPARE. Commit.
  • Drop unneeded expl. addition of build dir to lib's build includes interface. Commit.