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Release Announcements

KDE Frameworks 6.24.0

Friday, 13 March 2026

KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.24.0.

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

Attica
  • QtPlatformDependent: hide static thread local var in accessor. Commit.
  • Delete QtPlatformDependent if needed. Commit.
  • QtPlatformDependent: Simplify NAM handling. Commit.
Baloo
  • [Extractor] Remove Document from FailedIdDb on success. Commit.
  • [Extractor] Open the DB in ReadWrite mode from the beginning. Commit. Fixes bug #515918
  • [Engine] Protect against opening a ReadOnly database in ReadWrite mode. Commit.
  • Add missing include for syscall(). Commit.
Breeze Icons
  • Fix kleopatra-symbolic icon. Commit.
  • Create symbolic version of krfb icon. Commit.
Extra CMake Modules
  • With get_filename_component use DIRECTORY instead of legacy alias PATH. Commit.
  • KDECompilerSettings: Add option to force asserts. Commit.
KArchive
  • 7zip: insert al the values at once instead of one by one. Commit.
  • KCompressionDevice: avoid asserting on using unbuffered open. Commit.
KAuth
  • Fix memory leaks in BackendsManager. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
KCalendarCore
  • With get_filename_component use DIRECTORY instead of legacy alias PATH. Commit.
  • Fix wrong iCal component parenting when serializing timezone information. Commit.
  • Fix memory leaks in unit tests. Commit.
KCMUtils
  • Mark Kirigami QML module as dependency. Commit.
KCodecs
  • [KEncodingProber] Replace nsCharSetProber raw pointer with unique_ptr. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Replace SMModel external with internal linkage. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Replace nsCodingStateMachine raw pointer with unique_ptr. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Remove unused header files. Commit.
  • [KCharsets] Remove no longer used include. Commit.
  • [KCharsets] Verify entity table is sorted at build time. Commit.
  • [KCharsets] Fix sort order in entity table. Commit.
  • [KCharsets] Add benchmark for entity lookup. Commit.
  • [KCharSets] Specify the fromEntity input format more explicitly. Commit.
  • [KCharSets] Fix numeric encoding for toEntity(...). Commit.
  • [KCharSetsTest] Move test class declaration to implementation file. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Switch state machine tables to plain uint8_t. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Remove runtime unpack state machine. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Use same class table for UTF16 BE and LE state models. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Fix reset() method. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Actually check if reset() works. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Reduce variable scope. Commit.
  • Remember where to re-try RFC 2047 word decoding. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Default empty constructors/desctructors. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Remove unused unexported member functions. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Remove unused member variable. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Remove no longer used include. Commit.
  • [KEncodingProber] Drop declaration of unused GetDistribution method. Commit.
KConfig
  • Fix bounds check in KConfigPrivate::expandString. Commit.
  • Kdesktopfile: do not needlessly cascade desktop files. Commit.
  • Add oss-fuzz integration. Commit.
  • Remove old, commented out code. Commit.
  • With get_filename_component use DIRECTORY instead of legacy alias PATH. Commit.
  • KDesktopFileTest: Update testActionGroup. Commit.
  • KDesktopFile: Check for Name since it is required field. Commit. Fixes bug #515694
KConfigWidgets
  • ShortcutStyleDelegate: Init styleOption. Commit.
  • KRecentFilesAction: Avoid temporary allocations. Commit.
  • KRecentFilesAction: Avoid allocation when reading/writing config. Commit.
KCoreAddons
  • Autotests: increased safety margins for unstable tests. Commit.
KCrash
  • Metadata: make sure the KCrashComplete group has an entry. Commit. Fixes bug #516658
  • Avoid using qEnvironmentVariableIntegerValue. Commit.
KDeclarative
KFileMetaData
  • Ffmpegextractor: Extract Artist metadata. Commit.
  • Fix finding of poppler-version.h (Bad include). Commit.
KGuiAddons
  • Clipboard: Use buffered writes for data transfer. Commit.
  • Add manual large clipboard tests. Commit.
  • Ksysteminhibitor: Support Windows through PowerCreateRequest API. Commit.
  • Remove unneeded Qt version check. Commit.
  • Kiconutils: remove now unnecessary Qt version check. Commit.
  • Clipboard: Hold mutex before dispatching any wayland events. Commit. Fixes bug #515465
  • Mark WindowInsetsController as singleton in the documentation. Commit.
  • CMake: Find Qt6::GuiPrivate when USE_DBUS is enabled. Commit.
  • KKeySequenceRecorder: Accept some more keys that can be used with Shift. Commit.
KHolidays
  • Add more holidays to Bulgaria. Commit.
  • Quiet compiler warnings using inline pragmas. Commit.
  • DE: From 1954 to 1990, there was a “Tag der deutschen Einheit” (note the lowercase “d” in “deutschen”) in West Germany. Commit.
  • DE: Before 1990, there was no "Tag der Deutschen Einheit". Commit.
  • DE: Before 1990, there was no "Tag der Deutschen Einheit". Commit.
  • Generate the bison/flex code. Commit.
KI18n
  • KI18N_WRAP_UI macro: drop now unneeded support for unique image data names. Commit.
  • KI18N_WRAP_UI macro: inject klocalizedstring.h include by uic argument. Commit.
KIdletime
  • Remove unneeded Qt version check. Commit.
KImageformats
  • JP2: fix possible Undefined-shift. Commit.
  • IFF: fix buffer read overflow. Commit.
  • Fix Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE. Commit.
  • Fixed excessively frequent warning messages. Commit.
  • Ossfuzz: update aom, libavif, openjpeg. Commit.
  • ANI: fix possible QByteArray allocation exception. Commit.
  • Jxl: adjust metadata size limits. Commit.
  • RGB: fix a possible exception on the new. Commit.
  • TGA: fix Undefined-shift. Commit.
  • PSD: improve conversion sanity checks. Commit.
  • IFF: fix compilation warnings. Commit.
  • ANI: check for array allocation size. Commit.
KIO
  • Refactor and improve paste dialogs. Commit.
  • Add title for dialogs opened when pasting content. Commit.
  • KNewFileMenu: Strip proper ellipsis, too. Commit.
  • KFileItemDelegate. Commit.
  • Trash: fix typo and use correct device id for home dev. Commit.
  • Visual changes to KFileWidgets to bring it closer to Dolphin. Commit. Fixes bug #516063
  • Widgets: Make use of nanosecond timestamps when appropriate. Commit.
  • Workers: Populate nanosecond timestamps in KIO workers. Commit.
  • Core: Extend UDSEntry with nanosecond precision timestamps. Commit.
  • FilePreviewJob: Stat MountId and use it to look up the mount. Commit.
  • KMountPoint: Add findByMountId. Commit.
  • Filewidgets/placesview: add mountpoint tooltips for network mounts. Commit.
  • KFileItemActions: Use OpenUrlJob::isExecutableFile for "Run executable". Commit.
  • Kfileitemactions: Add i18n context inmenu. Commit.
  • Trashimpl: use mnt_id as trashId instead of dev_id. Commit. Fixes bug #513350. Fixes bug #386104. See bug #490247
  • Kmountpoint: expose mnt_id_unique and isPseudoFs. Commit.
  • KFileItemActions: Add API for service menu keyboard shorcut. Commit.
  • Drop Worker::workerProtocol. Commit.
  • Kpropertiesdialog: Use MIME type we already have for default icon. Commit.
  • Core: Drop unused code. Commit.
  • Filepreviewjob: Add timeout. Commit. Fixes bug #504067
  • Deleteortrashjob: Remember whether AutoErrorHandling was enabled. Commit.
  • Deleteortrashjob: Don't overwrite job delegate, if it exists. Commit.
  • Gui/openurljob: Stops job on missing Type in desktop files. Commit.
  • Core/mimetypefinderjob: Fix missing early return in KIO::MimeTypeFinderJobPrivate::scanFileWithGet. Commit.
  • Trashsizecache: Fix look up of directory size cache. Commit. See bug #434175
  • Drop WorkerConfig::setConfigData. Commit.
  • Simplify SimpleJob::slotMetaData. Commit.
  • Drop special handling for internal metadata. Commit.
  • Storedtransferjob: Drop secret OverriddenPorts option. Commit.
Kirigami
  • Workaround crash due to QTBUG-144544. Commit. Fixes bug #514098
  • Platform: Deprecate PlatformTheme::useAlternateBackgroundColor. Commit.
  • Platform: Move useAlternateBackgroundColor from Theme to StyleHints. Commit.
  • Platform: Introduce StyleHints as common API for extra style behaviour. Commit.
  • InlineViewHeader: Create a template and utilize it. Commit.
  • NavigationTab Bar/Button: Create templates. Commit.
  • Heading: Create a template, base control on top of it. Commit.
  • Mark QML singletons in documentation. Commit.
  • Remove duplicate since documentation. Commit.
  • Add missing documentation module dependency. Commit.
  • Autotests: Mark test_absolutepath_recoloring of tst_icon.qml as skipped. Commit.
  • Controls: Port kirigamicontrolsplugin to use Qt::StringLiterals. Commit.
  • Controls: Use componentUrlForModule for looking up controls files. Commit.
  • Platform: Port BasicTheme to use StyleSelector::componentUrlForModule. Commit.
  • Platform: Greatly simplify StyleSelector::styleChain. Commit.
  • Platform: Deprecate componentUrl, rootPath and resolveFileUrl in StyleSelector. Commit.
  • Platform: Simplify StyleSelector::resolveFilePath. Commit.
  • Platform: Add StyleSelector::componentUrlForModule. Commit.
  • Move all controls in own import. Commit.
  • Fix Kirigami.InputMethod.willShowOnActive. Commit.
  • Fix placeholder. Commit.
  • Reduce text duplication for shortcut tooltips in action toolbar. Commit. Fixes bug #515958
  • Show keyboard shortcut in action toolbar tooltips. Commit.
  • Work around Qt bug causing kirigami components to not load when multiple qml engines are involved. Commit.
KJobWidgets
  • Don't show empty error notifications in KNotificationJobUIDelegate. Commit.
KService
  • Make updateHash slightly faster. Commit.
  • Ksycoca: do not allow for recursive repairs. Commit. Fixes bug #516426
  • Kservice: correctly type the unused legacy field as 8 bits. Commit.
  • Ksycocafactory: do not crash when failing to find a factory stream. Commit.
  • Ksycocafactory: guard against integer underflow. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Fix KServiceAction+KService memory leak. Commit.
KTextEditor
  • Search: add a way to clear the history. Commit. Fixes bug #503327
  • Enable Werror on CI. Commit.
  • Reduce QLatin1Char noise. Commit.
  • Fix clipboard warning, check if QClipboard::Selection is supported. Commit.
  • Ensure we write a BOM if wanted for empty files, too. Commit.
  • Avoid temporary allocations when saving the file. Commit.
  • Properly pass parent pointer for document. Commit.
KTextTemplate
  • With get_filename_component use DIRECTORY instead of legacy alias PATH. Commit.
KUserFeedback
  • Don't report nonsensical screen information. Commit.
KWallet
  • Fix TRANSLATION_DOMAIN. Commit.
  • Fix Messages.sh to cover all of src/runtime. Commit.
  • Added translation_domain. Commit.
KWidgetsAddons
  • Kacceleratormanager: Avoid unnecessary allocations when searching for used shortcuts. Commit.
  • Kactionmenu: Be more forgiving about menu ownership. Commit.
  • Kactionmenu: Fix ownership of default menu. Commit.
  • Enable LSAN in CI. Commit.
  • Avoid mem-leak in KDateTimeEditTest::testDateMenu. Commit.
  • KAcceleratorManager: Avoid unnecessary allocation. Commit.
  • Kmimetypechooser.h: Remove default arguments from an overlapping constructor and mark it as deprecated for 6.24. Commit.
KWindowSystem
  • Remove unused include. Commit.
  • Port createRegion to QNativeInterface. Commit.
  • Port surfaceForWindow to QNativeInterface. Commit.
  • Wayland: Don't try to export window that isn't xdg_toplevel. Commit. Fixes bug #516994
  • Port xdgToplevelForWindow to QNativeInterface. Commit.
  • Wayland: Fix importing window that's not exposed but already has surface role. Commit.
  • Remove unneeded Qt version check. Commit.
  • Platforms/wayland: Manage blur, contrast, and slide globals with std::unique_ptr. Commit.
  • Platforms/wayland: Add missing initialize(). Commit.
  • Platforms/wayland: add missing blur capability with ext-background-effect. Commit.
  • Wayland: implement background effect protocol. Commit.
  • Platforms/wayland: ensure we always react to surface destruction. Commit.
  • Run clang-format on all files. Commit.
Modem Manager Qt
  • Add new cell broadcast interfaces from MM API. Commit.
  • Update modem firmware interface to latest MM API. Commit.
  • Update modem voice interface to latest MM API. Commit.
  • Update call interface to latest MM API. Commit.
  • Update modem interface to latest MM API. Commit.
  • Update bearer interface to latest MM API. Commit.
  • Update modem messaging interface to latest MM API. Commit.
  • Update modem signal interface to latest MM API. Commit.
  • Update modem location interface to latest MM API. Commit.
Prison
  • Bump minimum ZXing version from 1.2.0 to 1.4.0. Commit.
  • Make zxing and libdmtx required dependencies by default. Commit.
Purpose
  • Add missing CI dependencies. Commit.
  • Fix QML module dependencies. Commit.
QQC2 Desktop Style
  • Use Kirigami.StyleHints for tick marks in Slider. Commit.
  • Use Kirigami.StyleHints for useAlternateBackgroundColor in list item background. Commit.
  • Use Kirigami.StyleHints for icons in ComboBox. Commit.
  • Use Kirigami.StyleHints to determine ScrollView background visibility. Commit.
  • Menu: make sure implicitWidth/height is never 0. Commit. Fixes bug #516151
  • Make sure that the default behaviours of onPressed and onLongPressed are not trigger if the even is accepted. Commit.
Solid
  • Devicemanager.cpp replace "Ok" with "OK". Commit.
  • Mark network mounts as ignored if user is missing rights for it. Commit.
  • Fstabhandling: add static wrapper method for '_k_isFstabNetworkFileSystem'. Commit.
  • Use directory name as displayName for fstabdevices. Commit. Fixes bug #501658
Syntax Highlighting
  • Move comment after white space for some shells and Perl. Commit. Fixes bug #510666

Installing binary packages

On Linux, using packages for your favorite distribution is the recommended way to get access to KDE Frameworks. Get KDE Software on Your Linux Distro wiki page

Compiling from sources

The complete source code for KDE Frameworks 6.24.0 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Frameworks 6.24.0 Info Page.

Building from source is possible using the basic cmake .; make; make install commands. For a single Tier 1 framework, this is often the easiest solution. People interested in contributing to frameworks or tracking progress in development of the entire set are encouraged to use kdesrc-build. Frameworks 6.24.0 requires Qt 6.8.0.

A detailed listing of all Frameworks with API documentation is on api.kde.org.

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