Import web image: no search results when searching a web image

Summary:

Searching for a web image works but takes a few moments the first time in Windows but in Linux (Only used the Inkscape Official Ubuntu PPA) no search results are displayed based on search query and after a while a window not responding dialog by desktop environment is displayed ... (write here)

Steps to reproduce:

  • If using the Inksape PPA install python3-cachecontrol debian package from Ubuntu repository. Without the package the import web image dialog will not display.
  • open Inkscape
  • Click Import web image in File menu
  • Search for a web image by typing any text like 'cat' in the search box and press Enter/Return key
  • ...

What happened?

No web image search results are displayed ...

What should have happened?

Results of a web image search should be shown if there are web images that match the search query ...

Sample attachments:

web_image_search-2023-09-22_09.52.02

Version info

Inkscape 1.3 (1:1.3+202307231459+0e150ed6c4)

    GLib version:     2.72.4
    GTK version:      3.24.33
    glibmm version:   2.66.2
    gtkmm version:    3.24.5
    libxml2 version:  2.9.13
    libxslt version:  1.1.34
    Cairo version:    1.16.0
    Pango version:    1.50.6
    HarfBuzz version: 2.7.4

    OS version:       Linux Mint 21.2