From 8a9e5a80b4be7d8659ce4fd4f52a3c72c92ca553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Allegretti <mightymarco4@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:08:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce runner service start to a single attempt

---
 src/gamelauncher.cpp | 27 ---------------------------
 1 file changed, 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gamelauncher.cpp b/src/gamelauncher.cpp
index f2b3a60..156a183 100644
--- a/src/gamelauncher.cpp
+++ b/src/gamelauncher.cpp
@@ -134,18 +134,6 @@ static bool tryResolveWithRunnerManager(const QVariantMap &spec, QVariantMap &ou
 
     org::kde::ALaKarte::Runner1 iface(kRunnerService, kRunnerPath, bus);
     if (!iface.isValid()) {
-        if (bus.interface()->startService(kRunnerService).isValid()) {
-            org::kde::ALaKarte::Runner1 retryIface(kRunnerService, kRunnerPath, bus);
-            if (retryIface.isValid()) {
-                retryIface.setTimeout(2000);
-                QDBusPendingReply<QVariantMap> retryReply = retryIface.ResolveLaunch(spec);
-                retryReply.waitForFinished();
-                if (!retryReply.isError()) {
-                    out = unwrapVariantMap(retryReply.value());
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -153,21 +141,6 @@ static bool tryResolveWithRunnerManager(const QVariantMap &spec, QVariantMap &ou
     QDBusPendingReply<QVariantMap> reply = iface.ResolveLaunch(spec);
     reply.waitForFinished();
     if (reply.isError()) {
-        if (reply.error().type() == QDBusError::ServiceUnknown) {
-            bus.interface()->startService(kRunnerService);
-            org::kde::ALaKarte::Runner1 retryIface(kRunnerService, kRunnerPath, bus);
-            if (!retryIface.isValid()) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            retryIface.setTimeout(2000);
-            QDBusPendingReply<QVariantMap> retryReply = retryIface.ResolveLaunch(spec);
-            retryReply.waitForFinished();
-            if (retryReply.isError()) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            out = unwrapVariantMap(retryReply.value());
-            return true;
-        }
         return false;
     }