[kmail2] [Bug 505923] New: Some links within mail cannot be opened with left click

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505923

            Bug ID: 505923
           Summary: Some links within mail cannot be opened with left
                    click
    Classification: Applications
           Product: kmail2
      Version First 6.4.0
       Reported In:
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: commands and actions
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: rob.dyck at telus.net
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Some links within mail cannot be opened with left click

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open an Email
2. Observe that it contains one or more links
3. Left click on a link

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing happens


EXPECTED RESULT
The link should be opened in the default browser


SOFTWARE VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.14.11-300.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics 530
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 10MLS0A400
System Version: ThinkCentre M910s

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The links appear to be legitimate. Open the context menu and selecting "open
URL" works.
This problem applies to Akregater as well.

If I start Kontact from a terminal I observe "Can not adopt content from a
different WebEngineProfile." when I left click on the link.

For example from Nate Graham's blog
https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=grave&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=crash&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&columnlist=product%2Ccomponent%2Cshort_desc%2Cbug_status%2Cchangeddate%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity%2Cdupecount%2Ckeywords&keywords=regression%2C
&keywords_type=nowords&known_name=VHI-priority Plasma
bugs&list_id=3160048&priority=VHI&product=Bluedevil&product=Breeze&product=Discover&product=drkonqi&product=frameworks-kirigami&product=frameworks-qqc2-desktop-style&product=kactivitymanagerd&product=kde-gtk-config&product=kdeplasma-addons&product=khelpcenter&product=kinfocenter&product=klipper&product=kmenuedit&product=krunner&product=KScreen&product=kscreenlocker&product=ksmserver&product=ksysguard&product=ksystemstats&product=kwin&product=libplasma&product=Plasma
SDK&product=Plasma Vault&product=Plasma Workspace
Wallpapers&product=plasma-integration&product=plasma-nm&product=plasma-pa&product=plasma-simplemenu&product=plasma-systemmonitor&product=plasmashell&product=policykit-kde-agent-1&product=Powerdevil&product=print-manager&product=printer-applet&product=pulseaudio-qt&product=Spectacle&product=systemsettings&product=Touchpad-KCM&product=user-manager&product=Welcome
Center&product=xdg-desktop-portal-kde&query_based_on=VHI-priority Plasma
bugs&query_format=advanced

cannot be opened with a left click.

Please Note: This problem has existed for years. Maybe nobody was annoyed
enough to report it.

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