KDE Ships Frameworks 6.23.0

Friday, 13 February 2026  |  KDE Community

Friday, 13 February 2026

KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.23.0.

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
  • [IndexCleaner] Use one transaction for each excludeFolder during cleanup. Commit.
  • [Extractor] Split long extraction runs into multiple transactions. Commit.
  • [Extractor] Release DB write lock while content is extracted. Commit.
  • [Benchmarks] Replace QTextStream::readLine with QStringTokenizer. Commit.
  • [Benchmarks] Verify /proc open result for IO stats. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • [Engine] Replace remaining raw PostingIterator* with unique_ptr. Commit.
  • [SearchStore] Replace raw PostingIterator* with unique_ptr. Commit.
  • [PostingIterator] Clean up unused headers. Commit.
  • [AdvancedQueryParser] Use categorized logging for debug message. Commit.
  • [Transaction] Fix invalid qWarning macro usage. Commit.
  • Use categorized logging in priority setup code. Commit.
  • Clean up priority setup code. Commit.
  • [baloo_file] Use categorized logging for warnings. Commit.
  • [QueryTest] Fix leak of iterator returned from executed query. Commit.
  • [Engine] Fix possible memory leaks in PhraseAndIterator. Commit.
  • [Engine] Fix possible memory leaks in {And,Or}PostingIterator. Commit.
  • [FileIndexScheduler] Emit correct state on startup. Commit.
  • [FileIndexScheduler] Simplify startup/cleanup logic. Commit.
  • [IndexerConfig] Properly deprecate obsolete API. Commit.
  • [BalooSettings] Enable Notifiers for changes. Commit.
  • [FileIndexerConfig] Move filter update to constructor. Commit.
  • [balooctl] Minor config command output cleanup, fix error message. Commit.
  • [PendingFile] Add proper debug stream operator. Commit.
  • [PendingFile] Inline trivial internal method. Commit.
  • Use Baloo namespace for KFileMetadata::ExtractionResult specialization. Commit.
Bluez Qt
  • Add another explicit moc include to source file for moc-covered header. Commit.
Breeze Icons
  • Add update-busy status icon. Commit.
  • Make base 22px globe icon symbolic. Commit.
  • QrcAlias.cpp - pass canonical paths to resolveLink. Commit.
  • Make the non-symbolic version of globe icon to be colorful. Commit.
  • Create symbolic version for preferences-system-network. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN for leak checking. Commit.
  • Fix kdeconnect-symbolic icons not being color-aware. Commit.
  • Properly resolve links for the resources. Commit.
Extra CMake Modules
  • ECMFindQmlModule: Clarify and enforce that QML modules are not only runtime dependencies. Commit.
  • ECMGenerateQDoc: Add target's source dir to include paths. Commit.
  • Remove FATAL_ERROR. Commit.
Framework Integration
KArchive
  • K7ZipPrivate::folderItem: Limit the amount of folderInfos to a "reasonable" amount. Commit.
  • 7zip: defines to constexpr (or commented out if unused). Commit.
  • 7zip: make it clear we only support an int number of files. Commit.
  • 7zip: convert a bunch of int to qsizetype. Commit.
  • 7zip: Remove unused defines. Commit.
  • 7zip: Add names to function parameters. Commit.
  • 7zip: Use ranges::any_of. Commit.
  • 7zip: Convert loops into range-for loops. Commit.
  • 7zip: Add [[nodiscard]]. Commit.
  • 7zip: Mark 3 qlist parameters as const. Commit.
  • 7zip: Mark sngle argument constructors as explicit. Commit.
  • 7zip: Use "proper" C++ include. Commit.
  • 7zip: Remove unused BUFFER_SIZE. Commit.
  • 7zip: Use default member initializer. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • KLimitedIODevice: mark two member variables as const. Commit.
  • Kzip: Bail out if the reported size of the file is negative. Commit.
  • Fix OSS-Fuzz AFL builds. Commit.
KAuth
  • Add missing export for AuthBackend. Commit.
  • Fix compilation with new cmake minimum version. Commit.
KBookmarks
KCalendarCore
  • Don't write extra empty STATUS: property for custom status value. Commit.
  • Don't create a string view on a temporary. Commit.
  • Remove the Compat/MSExchange test data (fails since tzdata2025c). Commit.
KCMUtils
KCodecs
  • Protect against null bytes in RFC 2047 charsets. Commit.
  • Remove a few temporary allocation on RFC 2047 decoding. Commit.
  • [KEndodingProber] Drop broken and irrelevant ISO-2022-CN/-KR detectors. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Remove disabled, obsolete GB2312 data. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Reduce packed model data boilerplate. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Replace pack/unpack macros with constexpr functions. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Add tests for ISO-2022-JP and HZ encoding. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Remove unused byte pos member from CodingStateMachine. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Add prober benchmarks. Commit.
  • Fix quadratic complexity when searching for the encoded word end. Commit.
  • Use QByteArrayView. Commit.
  • Don't detach encoded8Bit during encoding. Commit.
  • Fix OSS-Fuzz AFL builds. Commit.
KColorScheme
KCompletion
KConfig
  • Kconfigwatcher: prevent a QThreadLocal to be creatde when exiting. Commit.
  • Fix macos standard shortcut conflicts. Commit. Fixes bug #512817
  • Kconfigwatcher: Add context argument to connect. Commit.
  • Kconfigskeletontest: Fix memory leak. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • KConfigIni: parseConfig simplify implementation. Commit.
  • Doc: KConfig: update link introduction. Commit.
  • KConfig: better handle Anonymous case. Commit.
  • Autotests/qiodevice: add a test for the QFile case. Commit.
  • Kconfig_target_kcfg_file: use newer built-in cmake code to create kcfgc file. Commit.
  • Kconfigxt: Add KCONFIG_CONSTRUCTOR option. Commit.
  • Kconfigskeleton: Add ctor using std::unique_ptr. Commit.
  • Kconfig: support passing in a QIODevice. Commit.
KConfigWidgets
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Drop (wrong kind of) asserts in KHamburgerMenu code. Commit.
KContacts
KCoreAddons
  • Remove unused includes. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Changed the dummy env var path from relative to absolute. Commit.
  • Kformat: update documentation for formatRelativeDate. Commit.
KCrash
  • Autotests: make sure to cover metadata in main test. Commit.
  • Metadata: write a completion marker group. Commit.
  • Guard qGuiApp having already been torn down. Commit. See bug #513969
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
KDav
KDBusAddons
KDeclarative
KDE Daemon
KDE SU
KDNSSD
KDocTools
  • Kde-docs.css remove not existent CSS property "font-height". Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
KFileMetaData
  • Usermetadata: prevent returning UnknownError when removing a not-present attribute. Commit.
  • [PopplerExtractor] Use ReadingOrder text layout from poppler 26.01.00. Commit.
  • [TaglibExtractorTest] Clean up test data formatting. Commit.
  • [TaglibExtractorTest] Fix FLAC-in-ogg testfile. Commit.
KGlobalAccel
KGuiAddons
  • Add Android support for idle inhibition. Commit.
  • WaylandClipboard: fix pasting text when QMimeData also has an image. Commit. Fixes bug #513701
  • Add KSystemInhibitor as frontend to the xdg-desktop-portal inhibition system. Commit.
  • Restore building with wayland < 1.23.0. Commit.
  • Ksystemclipboard: Check m_thread in destructor. Commit. Fixes bug #514512
  • Examples/python: add an example for KSystemClipboard. Commit.
  • Python: fix crash when using KSystemClipboard::setMimeData. Commit.
  • Python: specify enum type for KKeySequenceRecorder::Pattern. Commit.
  • KImageCache: make findPixmap destination QPixmap have alpha channel if inserted QPixmap had alpha channel. Commit.
  • Add another explicit moc include to source file for moc-covered header. Commit.
KHolidays
  • Update Japanese holidays for 2027. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • New special Slovenian day. Commit.
  • Edited and updated holiday_np_en-gb with accurate dates, expanded list for... Commit.
  • Philippines calendar update for 2026. Commit.
KI18n
  • Tests: fix asan mem leak in klocalizedstringtest. Commit.
  • Fixup! qml: introduce KI18nContext. Commit.
  • Qml: introduce KI18nContext. Commit.
  • Add another explicit moc include to source file for moc-covered header. Commit.
KIconThemes
  • Kicontheme.cpp edit comment Q_COREAPP_STARTUP_FUNCTION is not above. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Kiconengine: clean old Qt version check. Commit.
  • KIconTheme: Prefer SVG files over PNG files. Commit. Fixes bug #502273
KIdletime
KImageformats
  • Fix oss-fuzz AFL build (again). Commit.
  • Fix OSS-Fuzz AFL builds. Commit.
  • Text -> test. Commit.
  • IFF: add uncompressed RGFX support. Commit.
  • IFF: add CD-i Rle7 support. Commit.
  • Decode Atari ST VDAT chunks. Commit.
  • IFF: add support for CD-i YUVS chunk (and minor code improvements). Commit.
  • Add support for CD-I IFF images. Commit.
  • Add JXL testfile which previously triggered crash. Commit.
  • Jxl: fix crash on lossy gray images. Commit.
  • Add gray AVIF files with various transfer functions. Commit.
  • Avif: Improved color profiles support. Commit.
KIO
  • Add missing since documentation. Commit.
  • Add ThumbnailRequest::maximumFileSize. Commit.
  • KFilePlacesEventWatcher: Set drag disabled on invalid index and on headers. Commit. Fixes bug #499952
  • Fileundomanager: prevent mem leak upon destruction. Commit.
  • Core/ListJob: add list Flags ExcludeDot, ExcludeDotDot. Commit.
  • Dropjob: add DropJobFlag::ExcludePluginsActions flag support. Commit. See bug #509231. Fixes bug #514697
  • DropJob: Polish QMenu before creating native window. Commit.
  • Tests: kfilewidgetttest in dropfiles make sure to clean up QMimeData*. Commit.
  • FilePreviewJob: Let StatJob resolve symlinks. Commit.
  • DropJob: Use CommandLauncherJob for drop onto executable. Commit.
  • RenameDialog: Also show file item metadata when thumbnail failed. Commit.
  • Dropjob: handle drop from Places View properly. Commit. See bug #509231. Fixes bug #514697
  • PreviewJob: Ignore ERR_INTERNAL. Commit.
  • KFilePlacesView: better compute the maximum size of icon tolerable. Commit.
  • KFileWidget: When navigator loses focus, apply the uncommittedUrl to navigator. Commit.
  • RenameDialog: Use size and mtime from preview job stat, too. Commit.
  • Listjob: use modern for loop. Commit.
  • Listjob: reduce nesting in recurse function. Commit.
  • Listjob: split listing entries into a filter and a recurse function. Commit.
  • RenameDialog: Fix grammar by adding a comma. Commit.
  • Fix binary compatibility. Commit.
  • Tests/kfilewidgettests: add command line args the open test. Commit.
  • KFilePreviewGenerator: pass dpi to the PreviewJob. Commit. Fixes bug #489298
  • Kmountpoint: use statx to get device id. Commit.
  • KFileItemActions: Add "Run Executable" action for executable files. Commit.
  • Udsentry: add documentation for UDS_SUBVOL_ID. Commit.
  • Kioworkertest: add UDS_MOUNT_ID output for stat. Commit.
  • StatJob: add StatMountId to retrieve unique mount id. Commit.
  • KFilePlacesModel: Add placeCollapsedUrl. Commit.
  • FilePreviewJob: Set job error, if applicable. Commit.
  • KDirOperator: implement single tap gesture. Commit. Fixes bug #513606
  • KCoreDirLister: Add parentDirs of dirs that have not been deleted to pendingUpdates list. Commit. Fixes bug #497259
  • KMountpoint: remove redundant code, and reuse a function. Commit.
  • PreviewJob: prevent potential crash when FilePreviewJob yields results sync. Commit.
  • PreviewJob: estimate device ids first. Commit.
  • KDirModel/KFileWidget: Use relative date formatting for Modified field. Commit.
  • Listjob: replace misleading comment about repeated key lookups. Commit.
  • Stat_unix: document that statx(dirfd wouldn't be any faster. Commit.
  • Kioworkers/file: check temp file opening result. Commit.
  • Autotests: fix unused warnings. Commit.
  • KUrlNavigatorButton: Don't set a button icon. Commit.
  • Kioworkertest: add subvolId output for stat. Commit.
  • StatJob: add StatSubVolId to retrieve btrfs/bcachefs subvol number. Commit.
  • Job: improve property management performance. Commit.
  • Job: update mergeMetaData code to be more modern + comment. Commit.
  • Udsentry: improve operator>> performance. Commit.
  • KPropertiesDialog: Remove unused variable. Commit.
  • PreviewJobPrivate: remove unused method declaration. Commit.
  • Use QList::takeFirst instead of QList::front & QList::pop_front. Commit.
  • PreviewJob: dissolve struct PreviewItem, serves no extra purpose. Commit.
  • FilePreviewJob::item(): return const ref to KFileItem directly, by only use. Commit.
  • PreviewJob: introduce internal struct PreviewSetupData, to group related data. Commit.
  • PreviewJob: introduce internal struct PreviewOptions, to group related data. Commit.
  • PreviewJobPrivate: rename determineNextFile to startNextFilePreviewJobBatch. Commit.
  • PreviewJob: create PreviewItem instance on-the-fly. Commit.
  • PreviewJobPrivate: rename member initialItems to fileItems. Commit.
Kirigami
  • ToolbarLayout: Don't draw frames with an empty toolbar. Commit. Fixes bug #512396
  • Make the global background actually invisible. Commit.
  • Enable back button on first page in RTL. Commit. Fixes bug #511295
  • ActionToolBar: fix actions showing both in toolbar and in hidden actions menu. Commit.
  • Add new Kirigami logo. Commit.
  • Revert "Temporarily drop test case that is broken with Qt 6.11". Commit.
  • MnemonicAttached: move to primitives. Commit.
  • Fix inline drawers in RTL layout. Commit.
  • Do an opacity animation for the menu layers. Commit.
  • GlobalDrawer: default size according to contents. Commit. Fixes bug #505693
  • SelectableLabel: don't break coordinates of global ToolTip instance. Commit. Fixes bug #510860. Fixes bug #511875
  • Controls/SwipeListItem: fix action positions in RtL. Commit.
  • ShadowedRectangle: Improve visuals when blending a texture. Commit.
  • Make types more explicit for tooling. Commit.
  • Make action handling linter-friendly. Commit.
  • Templates/private: fix qmldir. Commit.
  • Placeholdermessage: don't bind maximum to explicit width. Commit.
  • PlaceholderMessage: handle unusually long text better. Commit. Fixes bug #514164
  • BannerImage: Don't shadow implicitWidth property. Commit.
  • Fix Android icon bundling. Commit.
KItemModels
  • Remove wrong documentation markup. Commit.
  • Fix memory leaks in unit tests. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • KRearrangeColumnsProxyModel: don't nest begin/endResetModel signals. Commit.
KItemViews
KJobWidgets
KNewStuff
  • Improve delegate sizing to increase information density. Commit.
KNotifications
KNotifyConfig
KPackage
KParts
KPeople
KPlotting
KPTY
KQuickCharts
KRunner
KStatusNotifieritem
KSVG
  • Fix memory leak when ImageSet cannot be found. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Ksvg: Optimize stylesheet parsing. Commit.
KTextEditor
  • Some tests for setVirtualCursorPosition. Commit.
  • Add small test for virtual column conversions. Commit.
  • Fix fromVirtualColumn. Commit.
  • Proper handling of tabs in virtual cursor setting. Commit. Fixes bug #513898
  • Proper handling of tabs in virtual cursor setting. Commit. Fixes bug #513898
  • Handle any unicode newline sequence during paste. Commit.
  • Fix typo. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Avoid to leak ranges. Commit.
  • Don't leak memory. Commit.
  • Don't leak a cursor. Commit.
  • Ensure we call the cleanups. Commit.
  • Don't leak cursors. Commit.
  • Fix leaking of completion moving ranges. Commit.
  • We re-parent this, use a QPointer to be sure we know if that is still alive. Commit.
  • Fix leak in TextBuffer::balanceBlock. Commit.
  • Don't leak cursor and range. Commit.
  • Avoid to leak the document. Commit.
  • Don't leak cursors & ranges. Commit.
  • Fix memleak in vi mode mark handling. Commit.
  • Don't leak the mainwindow. Commit.
  • Ensure the document dies with the toplevel widget. Commit.
  • Avoid to leak doc in some tests. Commit.
  • Fix memleak in KateLineLayoutMap. Commit.
  • Don't leak the document in some tests. Commit.
  • Avoid to leak memory in testing. Commit.
  • Disable CamelCursor by default. Commit.
  • Fix since 6.23 & comments. Commit.
  • Docs: Mention that code folding highlight is also disabled. Commit.
  • Move bracket highlight suppression to view update logic. Commit.
  • Add option to disable bracket match highlight when inactive. Commit.
  • Clear m_speechEngineLastUser early to avoid that it is used in error handling for speechError. Commit. Fixes bug #514375
KTextTemplate
KTextWidgets
KUserFeedback
KWallet
KWidgetsAddons
  • KPageView: Check for valid indices during list search. Commit. Fixes bug #496143
  • Kactionmenu: Use delegating constructor. Commit.
  • Add test for KActionMenu. Commit.
  • Clean up touch device in tests. Commit.
  • Kpageview: Don't leak NoPaddingToolBarProxyStyle. Commit.
  • Kacceleratormanagertest: Don't leak action. Commit.
  • KCollapsibleGroupBox: Fix arrow indicator not updating immediately. Commit.
KWindowSystem
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Platforms/wayland: Avoid destroying proxy objects when QPA is gone. Commit. Fixes bug #487660
  • Fix KWindowSystem::updateStartupId on wayland. Commit.
KXMLGUI
  • Avoid toLower, use case insensitive comparison. Commit.
  • De-duplicate case insensitive string equality functions. Commit.
  • Fix memory leaks in unit tests. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Drop (wrong kind of) asserts in KToolTipHelperPrivate code. Commit.
  • Replace pointer with optional. Commit.
  • Replace simple slot with lambda. Commit.
  • Remove pointless QKeySequence->QVariant conversion. Commit.
  • Use raw pointers for some commonly used classes's pimpl pointer. Commit.
Modem Manager Qt
Network Manager Qt
Prison
  • Consistently namespace ZXing version defines. Commit.
  • Remove workarounds for ZXing 3.0 not having bumped its version yet. Commit.
  • Adapt to more ZXing 3.0 API changes. Commit.
  • Actually search for ZXing 3. Commit.
  • Fix build without ZXing. Commit.
  • Support ZXing 3 for barcode generation. Commit.
  • Auto-detect text vs binary content for GS1 Databar barcodes. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Adapt barcode scanner to ZXing 3 changes. Commit.
  • Port away from deprecated ZXing API. Commit.
Purpose
  • Fix typo and adhere to KDE HIG. Commit.
  • Add missing API doc comments. Commit.
QQC2 Desktop Style
  • Menu: Calculate implicitHeight from visibleChildren. Commit. Fixes bug #515602
  • ItemDelegate: Give a bigger padding to the last item. Commit. Fixes bug #513459
  • Combobox: use standard menu styling for popup. Commit. See bug #451627
  • SearchField: add manual test. Commit.
  • Add SearchField. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Kquickstyleitem: Avoid divide by zero. Commit.
Solid
  • Fix(fstab): Return valid URLs for NetworkShare for smb mountpoints. Commit.
  • Documentation fixes. Commit.
  • Add displayName() implementation to UDev backend with vendor/product deduplication. Commit.
  • Extract vendor/product fallback logic into reusable utility function. Commit.
  • Improve device vendor/product lookup with hwdb fallback. Commit.
  • [UdevQt] Reduce allocations in decodePropertyValue helper. Commit.
  • Free lexer-allocated data also when parsing fails. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Use delete instead of deleteLater() when DevicePrivate refcount drops to 0. Commit. Fixes bug #513508. Fixes bug #494224. Fixes bug #470321. Fixes bug #513089. Fixes bug #513921
  • Avoid crash on device removal. Commit. Fixes bug #514791
  • Add missing ejectRequested to OpticalDrive interface. Commit.
  • Add missing override in winopticaldrive. Commit.
  • Add missing signals to StorageAccess backends. Commit. Fixes bug #514176
  • Add missing overrride in winstorageaccess. Commit.
  • Fix macOS build: Replace make_unique with explicit new for private IOKitDevice constructor. Commit.
  • Use more precise type for m_reverseMap. Commit.
  • Replace _k_destroyed slot with lambda. Commit.
  • Don't call setBackendObject() in DevicePrivate dtor. Commit.
  • Remove unneeded intermediate variables. Commit.
  • Manage backend object using unique_ptr. Commit.
  • Remove unneeded destroyed handling for backend object. Commit.
  • Manage DeviceInterface using unique_ptr. Commit.
  • Devicemanager: remove unused includes. Commit.
Sonnet
Syndication
Syntax Highlighting
  • Added Gemtext syntax. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Do not resolve symbolic links in generate_jinja.py. Commit.
  • PHP: update Heredoc/Nowdoc support for 7.3. Commit.
Threadweaver