[kmail2] [Bug 509069] New: KDE PIM apps can not connect to akonadi after upgrade anymore, despite the fact, that the akonadi processes are running

Achim Bohnet bugzilla_noreply at kde.org
Wed Sep 3 14:25:31 BST 2025


https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509069

            Bug ID: 509069
           Summary: KDE PIM apps can not connect to akonadi after upgrade
                    anymore, despite the fact, that the akonadi processes
                    are running
    Classification: Applications
           Product: kmail2
      Version First 6.5.0
       Reported In:
          Platform: Neon
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: ach at mpe.mpg.de
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 184669
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=184669&action=edit
kmail error msg

SUMMARY
After upgrading KDE pim ~ 10 days ago, akonadiclt, kmail, korganizer as well as
kontact and merkuro can't connect to akonadi anymore, despite the fact that
all(?) akonadi procecces are running.   Akonadi processes are running after
Plasma (Wayland) login.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. start kmail or korganizer or kontact or merkuro or ...
2. wait until the App window appears (it shows that it's trying to connect to
akonadi)

OBSERVED RESULT
1. app show an error that required background service is not operational
2. akonadictl stop says 'not running'; akonadictl start says 'is already
running'

EXPECTED RESULT
kmail and other KDE pim apps could find akonadi again (like before the KDE gear
25.08 upgrade)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Distro is KDE Neon User Edition

Still the same problem after todays akonadi and qt upgrade:

[I] ~►dpkg -l akonadi\* kmail korganizer                                        
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                   Version                                     
Architecture Description
+++-======================-============================================-============-====================================
ii  akonadi-backend-mysql  4:25.08.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build49 amd64  
     MySQL storage backend for Akonadi
un  akonadi-backend-sqlite <none>                                       <none> 
     (no description available)
un  akonadi-contacts-data  <none>                                       <none> 
     (no description available)
un  akonadi-import-wizard  <none>                                       <none> 
     (no description available)
un  akonadi-mime-data      <none>                                       <none> 
     (no description available)
ii  akonadi-server         4:25.08.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build49 all    
     Dummy transitional
ii  kmail                  4:25.08.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build37 amd64  
     full featured graphical email client
ii  korganizer             4:25.08.0-0zneon+24.04+noble+release+build36 amd64  
     calendar and personal organizer
[I] ~►



[I] ~[128]►psg akonadi                                                         
                                                                   14:25
USER         PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
ach         5444  0.0  0.3 1006588 112628 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_control
ach         5494  0.0  0.1 741788 45372 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadiserver
ach         5509  0.0  0.3 1525660 106804 ?      Sl   14:23   0:01
/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/home/ach/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf
--datadir=/home/ach/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/
--socket=/run/user/20334/akonadi/mysql.socket
--pid-file=/run/user/20334/akonadi/mysql.pid
ach         6103  0.0  0.5 1264164 162692 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_archivemail_agent --identifier akonadi_archivemail_agent
ach         6114  0.0  0.1 278816 35760 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_birthdays_resource --identifier akonadi_birthdays_resource
ach         6116  0.0  0.1 275312 34944 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_contacts_resource --identifier akonadi_contacts_resource_0
ach         6118  0.0  0.1 282152 37208 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_davgroupware_resource --identifier
akonadi_davgroupware_resource_10
ach         6121  0.0  0.1 283200 39856 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_davgroupware_resource --identifier
akonadi_davgroupware_resource_5
ach         6123  0.0  0.1 282276 38924 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_davgroupware_resource --identifier
akonadi_davgroupware_resource_7
ach         6124  0.0  0.1 282280 38712 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_davgroupware_resource --identifier
akonadi_davgroupware_resource_8
ach         6131  0.0  0.3 1017848 116064 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_followupreminder_agent --identifier
akonadi_followupreminder_agent
ach         6137  0.0  0.1 279556 36908 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_ical_resource --identifier akonadi_ical_resource_0
ach         6144  0.0  0.4 1041564 136616 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_0
ach         6145  0.0  0.4 1040112 134884 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_1
ach         6146  0.0  0.4 1040112 134408 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_11
ach         6149  0.0  0.4 1044980 135920 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_19
ach         6150  0.0  0.4 1044852 135452 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_21
ach         6151  0.0  0.4 1040368 134864 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_4
ach         6175  0.0  0.1 300048 44300 ?        SNl  14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_indexing_agent --identifier akonadi_indexing_agent
ach         6185  0.0  0.1 291152 41556 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_maildir_resource --identifier akonadi_maildir_resource_0
ach         6188  0.0  0.1 292668 42820 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_maildispatcher_agent --identifier akonadi_maildispatcher_agent
ach         6189  0.0  0.4 1264308 162528 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_mailfilter_agent --identifier akonadi_mailfilter_agent
ach         6192  0.0  0.3 1027340 120576 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_mailmerge_agent --identifier akonadi_mailmerge_agent
ach         6194  0.0  0.1 297260 44000 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_mbox_resource --identifier akonadi_mbox_resource_4
ach         6196  0.0  0.3 1017356 115384 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_migration_agent --identifier akonadi_migration_agent
ach         6197  0.0  0.3 1029980 121104 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent --identifier
akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent
ach         6199  0.0  0.4 1260232 159272 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_sendlater_agent --identifier akonadi_sendlater_agent
ach         6225  0.0  0.4 1264256 160484 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent --identifier akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent
[I] ~►kmail                                                                    
                                                                   14:53
2025-09-03T14:54:25 kmail2[14219]: <w> org.kde.pim.pimcommonactivities: Plasma
activities is not running:  1
2025-09-03T14:54:55 kmail2[14219]: <w> org.kde.pim.akonadicore: Job error:  ""
for collection: QList()
2025-09-03T14:54:55 kmail2[14219]: <w> org.kde.pim.akonadicore: Job error:  ""
for collection: QList()
2025-09-03T14:54:55 kmail2[14219]: <w> org.kde.pim.messagelist: Failed to load
tags  ""
2025-09-03T14:54:55 kmail2[14219]: <w> org.kde.pim.kmail: ""
2025-09-03T14:54:55 kmail2[14219]: <w> org.kde.pim.mailcommon: failed to
retrieve tags  ""
[I] ~►akonadictl stop                                                          
                                                          273.141s 14:58
Akonadi is not running.
[I] ~[4]►psg akonadi                                                           
                                                                   14:58
USER         PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
ach         5444  0.0  0.3 1006588 112628 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_control
ach         5494  0.0  0.1 741788 45372 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadiserver
ach         5509  0.0  0.3 1525660 106804 ?      Sl   14:23   0:01
/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/home/ach/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf
--datadir=/home/ach/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/
--socket=/run/user/20334/akonadi/mysql.socket
--pid-file=/run/user/20334/akonadi/mysql.pid
ach         6103  0.0  0.5 1264164 162692 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_archivemail_agent --identifier akonadi_archivemail_agent
ach         6114  0.0  0.1 278816 35760 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_birthdays_resource --identifier akonadi_birthdays_resource
ach         6116  0.0  0.1 275312 34944 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_contacts_resource --identifier akonadi_contacts_resource_0
ach         6118  0.0  0.1 282152 37208 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_davgroupware_resource --identifier
akonadi_davgroupware_resource_10
ach         6121  0.0  0.1 283200 39856 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_davgroupware_resource --identifier
akonadi_davgroupware_resource_5
ach         6123  0.0  0.1 282276 38924 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_davgroupware_resource --identifier
akonadi_davgroupware_resource_7
ach         6124  0.0  0.1 282280 38712 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_davgroupware_resource --identifier
akonadi_davgroupware_resource_8
ach         6131  0.0  0.3 1017848 116224 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_followupreminder_agent --identifier
akonadi_followupreminder_agent
ach         6137  0.0  0.1 279556 36908 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_ical_resource --identifier akonadi_ical_resource_0
ach         6144  0.0  0.4 1041960 137096 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_0
ach         6145  0.0  0.4 1040244 135044 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_1
ach         6146  0.0  0.4 1040112 134568 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_11
ach         6149  0.0  0.4 1044980 136080 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_19
ach         6150  0.0  0.4 1044852 135612 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_21
ach         6151  0.0  0.4 1040368 135024 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_imap_resource --identifier akonadi_imap_resource_4
ach         6175  0.0  0.1 300048 44300 ?        SNl  14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_indexing_agent --identifier akonadi_indexing_agent
ach         6185  0.0  0.1 291152 41556 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_maildir_resource --identifier akonadi_maildir_resource_0
ach         6188  0.0  0.1 292668 42820 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_maildispatcher_agent --identifier akonadi_maildispatcher_agent
ach         6189  0.0  0.5 1264308 162688 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_mailfilter_agent --identifier akonadi_mailfilter_agent
ach         6192  0.0  0.3 1027340 120576 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_mailmerge_agent --identifier akonadi_mailmerge_agent
ach         6194  0.0  0.1 297260 44000 ?        Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_mbox_resource --identifier akonadi_mbox_resource_4
ach         6196  0.0  0.3 1017356 115384 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_migration_agent --identifier akonadi_migration_agent
ach         6197  0.0  0.3 1029980 121104 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent --identifier
akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent
ach         6199  0.0  0.4 1260232 159272 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_sendlater_agent --identifier akonadi_sendlater_agent
ach         6225  0.0  0.4 1264256 160644 ?      Sl   14:23   0:00
/usr/bin/akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent --identifier akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent
[I] ~►

[I] ~►akonadictl stop                                                           
Akonadi is not running.
[I] ~[4]►akonadictl start                                                       
Akonadi is already running.
[I] ~[3]►ls -l /run/user/20334/akonadi/mysql.socket                             
srwxrwxrwx 1 ach ach 0 Sep  3 14:23 /run/user/20334/akonadi/mysql.socket=
[I] ~►

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