https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526633
Bug ID: 526633
Summary: EPOD provider is dead: source ended in September 2025
and is now behind a Cloudflare challenge
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version First master
Reported In:
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Picture of the Day wallpaper
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
DESCRIPTION
The USRA Earth Science Picture of the Day stopped publishing. The last post on
https://epod.usra.edu/blog/ is dated September 18, 2025 (25th anniversary
post). The site mentions "final communications" to its readers. A fetch fails
anyway, the site now sits behind Cloudflare bot protection.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set the wallpaper to Picture of the Day with provider "Earth Science (USRA)"
2. Notice that no wallpaper is being shown
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 44
KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.30.0
Qt Version: 6.11.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It's sad, but I guess the the wallpaper provider should be removed.
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