From 68e60f036d2e4640630eef99573a50adff2f0751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:07:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] polkit: fix DMS_DISABLE_POLKIT regression from qs 0.2
 deprecation commit

fixes #2897
port 1.5
---
 quickshell/Services/PolkitAgentInstance.qml |  3 +++
 quickshell/Services/PolkitService.qml       | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 quickshell/Services/PolkitAgentInstance.qml

diff --git a/quickshell/Services/PolkitAgentInstance.qml b/quickshell/Services/PolkitAgentInstance.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b49622e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickshell/Services/PolkitAgentInstance.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Quickshell.Services.Polkit
+
+PolkitAgent {}
diff --git a/quickshell/Services/PolkitService.qml b/quickshell/Services/PolkitService.qml
index 5adc4af43..de59bac97 100644
--- a/quickshell/Services/PolkitService.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Services/PolkitService.qml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
-import Quickshell.Services.Polkit
 
 Singleton {
     id: root
@@ -12,10 +11,13 @@ Singleton {
     readonly property bool disablePolkitIntegration: Quickshell.env("DMS_DISABLE_POLKIT") === "1"
 
     readonly property bool polkitAvailable: !disablePolkitIntegration
-    readonly property alias agent: polkitAgentInstance
+    readonly property var agent: polkitAgentLoader.item
 
-    PolkitAgent {
-        id: polkitAgentInstance
+    Loader {
+        id: polkitAgentLoader
+        active: root.polkitAvailable
+        asynchronous: false
+        source: "PolkitAgentInstance.qml"
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {