[dolphin] [Bug 503090] New: Dolphin window won't open, only opens after deleting dolphinstaterc

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503090

            Bug ID: 503090
           Summary: Dolphin window won't open, only opens after deleting
                    dolphinstaterc
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 25.04.0
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: ofthecentury at gmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

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SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Just regular usage of Dolphin. Lately, just open Dolphin
2. Close Dolphin window
3. Reopen Dolphin window

OBSERVED RESULT
Dolphin shows up on the taskbar and in the process list, but no graphical
window is actually displayed.

EXPECTED RESULT
Dolphin window opens normally. 

FIX-workaround:
I found that if I delete .local/state/dolphinstaterc and then relaunch Dolphin
the window opens, but all window layout is reset to default (even shows a giant
terminal panel inside dolphin). Works every time but horrible solution. So
every time I close Dolphin now and reopen it I get no window displayed, and
every time I can fix it by deleting this file and relaunching Dolphin. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux Fedora 40, latest packages (can see which ones installed by
https://packages.fedoraproject.org/ and checking package version for F40).
I am running Dolphin inside Gnome, I must note. I haven't had any problems on
the previous version of Fedora 39. Update to Fedora 40 and running into this
bug.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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