[kde] [Bug 508366] New: Don't allow "app not responding" stuff if app was told to close

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508366

            Bug ID: 508366
           Summary: Don't allow "app not responding" stuff if app was told
                    to close
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
      Version First unspecified
       Reported In:
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: minelorderagon16 at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Often, and especially with games, when I try to close an app it just goes into
the "not responding" state instead of closing. it then gives a popup asking if
I want to terminate the app or wait for it to respond. this is really annoying
because that popup is for apps that are actually not responding, but it is
currently popping up any time i try to close a game. I would like to have all
of the "not responding" systems be blocked if an app was manually told to close
by the user. for example, if I close a window using the close button in the
titlebar, the close button in the overview, or the close button in the task
manager context menu, it should not be allowed to report itself as not
responding. It has been commanded to close, but it is refusing to and so the
popup that is meant for frozen apps has been turned into a "are you sure you
want to quit?" prompt. this is clearly incorrect behavior. Ideally, I'd
actually like to see apps be forced to close if they do not comply when told to
but I get that most users would probably find that behavior annoying.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open app (i'd recommend a game, beamng does it reliably for me) that freezes
when told to close
2. close it using titlebar, overview, or task manager
3. observe as instead of closing it gives the "not responding" stuff

OBSERVED RESULT
window is treated as not responding

EXPECTED RESULT
window closes when told to and cannot be treated as not responding (because a
closed window can't respond anyway)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.9-201.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 4600H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.0 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82B5
System Version: Lenovo Legion 5 15ARH05

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