Having just installed plasma-login-manager v6.5.90-1 half an hour ago after today’s Testing branch update, I can confirm that it works as it should (so far). Note that there are specific instructions in the first post of the update thread that should be followed to get it working properly:
Also note that this should not be attempted with any version of plasma-login-manager older than version 6.5.90-1, and the plasma-login-manager package has not reached Stable branch yet:
Output of: mbn info plasma-login-manager -q | grep -Ev 'Name|Repository|Packager'
mbn info plasma-login-manager -q | grep -Ev 'Name|Repository|Packager'
Branch : unstable
Version : 6.5.90-1
Build Date : Sun 25 Jan 2026 09:42:01
Branch : testing
Version : 6.5.90-1
Build Date : Sun 25 Jan 2026 09:42:01
mbn can be found in the manjaro-check-repos package
After carrying out the above & rebooting, there were no issues encountered logging into Plasma. I was then able to set up autologin via System Settings → Login Screen (in the Security & Privacy section). It seemed to boot to the Plasma desktop a bit faster than SDDM too (although that may just be my perception).
pamac search --no-aur plasma-login-manager
plasma-login-manager 6.5.90-1 [Installed] extra
Plasma Login Manager
systemctl status plasmalogin
● plasmalogin.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/plasmalogin.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2026-01-27 08:48:28 AEDT; 25min ago
Invocation: eddcd6f2907e45368fd512c716b0679a
Docs: man:plasmalogin(1)
man:plasmalogin.conf(5)
Main PID: 736 (plasmalogin)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 34729)
Memory: 44.1M (peak: 45.7M)
CPU: 45ms
CGroup: /system.slice/plasmalogin.service
└─736 /usr/bin/plasmalogin
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin-helper[740]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin-helper[740]: pam_kwallet5(plasmalogin-autologin:auth): pam_kwallet5: Empty or mis>
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin-helper[740]: [PAM] returning.
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin[736]: Authentication for user "scotty" successful
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin-helper[740]: pam_kwallet5(plasmalogin-autologin:setcred): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_se>
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin-helper[740]: pam_unix(plasmalogin-autologin:session): session opened for user sco>
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin-helper[740]: pam_kwallet5(plasmalogin-autologin:session): pam_kwallet5: pam_sm_op>
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin-helper[740]: pam_kwallet5(plasmalogin-autologin:session): pam_kwallet5: open_sess>
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin-helper[740]: Starting Wayland user session: "/usr/share/plasmalogin/scripts/wayla>
Jan 27 08:48:28 scott-ser plasmalogin[736]: Session started true