kf.plasma.quick: Applet preload policy set to 1
org.kde.plasma.kicker: Entry is not valid “org.kde.kontact.desktop” 0x558a573016d0
org.kde.plasma.kicker: Entry is not valid “org.kde.kontact.desktop” 0x558a573016d0
qt.svg: :1:13693: Could not resolve property: #linearGradient10962
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setCompositionMode: Painter not active
QPainter::setRenderHint: Painter must be active to set rendering hints
QPainter: :end: Painter not active, aborted
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setCompositionMode: Painter not active
QPainter::setRenderHint: Painter must be active to set rendering hints
QPainter: :end: Painter not active, aborted
qt.svg: :1:13693: Could not resolve property: #linearGradient10962
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setCompositionMode: Painter not active
QPainter::setRenderHint: Painter must be active to set rendering hints
QPainter: :end: Painter not active, aborted
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setCompositionMode: Painter not active
QPainter::setRenderHint: Painter must be active to set rendering hints
QPainter: :end: Painter not active, aborted
KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/bin/plasmashell
KCrash: Application ‘plasmashell’ crashing… crashRecursionCounter = 2
fish: Job 1, ‘plasmashell’ terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)

This is what I was able to recover from the errors while trying to restart plasmashell from the terminal, but I couldn’t make much sense of it. itried launching a session with both Wayland and x11 display server, but the result was the same. the operating system is arch, and I’ve installed all currently available updates.
I remain available for any further information that might help understand and resolve the issue.
Thankyou in advance for any help you may be able to provide.

With crashes, the best way to gather actionable traces is through coredump, i.e stacktrace:

I recommend this blog post by @akselmo for reference