diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4f7cd8179..832ad04bcb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ local/recipes/**/target/
 local/recipes/**/build/
 local/recipes/**/source.tar
 local/recipes/**/source.tar.tmp
+# C-7 migration pristine snapshots — used by the
+# `migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh` script to capture the
+# upstream source state before applying the recipe's
+# inline `sed -i` chains. They are ephemeral working
+# state, not part of the durable build. Safe to delete
+# (the upstream tarball can re-extract them on demand).
+local/recipes/**/source-pristine/
 
 # Compiled objects and firmware blobs
 *.o
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@ local/recipes/**/source.tar.tmp
 *.fw
 local/firmware/
 *.lock
+!local/recipes/system/cub/source/Cargo.lock
 
 # Internal tooling
 .sisyphus/
diff --git a/local/patches/kdecoration/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kdecoration/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bd189052d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/kdecoration/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/kdecoration's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T20:43:02+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/kdecoration"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+ find_package(Qt6 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS
+     Core
+     Gui
+-    Test
++
+ )
+ 
+ # require at least gcc 4.8
+@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@
+ 
+ feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
+ 
+-ki18n_install(po)
++#ki18n_install(po)
+
diff --git a/local/patches/kf6-kcmutils/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kf6-kcmutils/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67eb73d217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/kf6-kcmutils/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcmutils's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T20:43:04+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/kf6-kcmutils"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -14,15 +14,13 @@
+ 
+ 
+ add_subdirectory(core)
+-add_subdirectory(qml)
+-add_subdirectory(quick)
++#add_subdirectory(qml)
++#add_subdirectory(quick)
+ 
+ ########### kcmutils ###############
+ set(kcmutils_LIB_SRCS
+     kcmoduleloader.cpp
+     kcmoduleloader.h
+-    kcmoduleqml.cpp
+-    kcmoduleqml_p.h
+     kcmultidialog.cpp
+     kcmultidialog.h
+     kcmultidialog_p.h
+@@ -66,12 +64,8 @@
+     Qt6::Widgets
+     KF6::CoreAddons # KPluginMetaData
+     KF6::ConfigWidgets  # KPageDialog
+-    KF6KCMUtilsQuick      # QML KCM class
+   PRIVATE
+     kcmutils_proxy_model
+-    Qt6::Qml
+-    Qt6::Quick
+-    Qt6::QuickWidgets
+     KF6::GuiAddons # KIconUtils
+     KF6::I18n
+     KF6::ItemViews       # KWidgetItemDelegate
+@@ -102,4 +96,4 @@
+     DESTINATION "${KDE_INSTALL_LOGGINGCATEGORIESDIR}"
+ )
+ 
+-add_subdirectory(kcmshell)
++#add_subdirectory(kcmshell)
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+ include(ECMDeprecationSettings)
+ include(ECMMarkNonGuiExecutable)
+ include(KDEGitCommitHooks)
+-include(ECMQmlModule)
++#include(ECMQmlModule)
+ include(ECMFindQmlModule)
+ include(ECMGenerateQDoc)
+ 
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
+                         PACKAGE_VERSION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/KF6KCMUtilsConfigVersion.cmake"
+                         SOVERSION 6)
+ 
+-find_package(KF6KIO ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
++#find_package(KF6KIO ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+ find_package(KF6ItemViews ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+ find_package(KF6ConfigWidgets ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+ find_package(KF6CoreAddons ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
+ ecm_find_qmlmodule(org.kde.kirigami REQUIRED)
+ 
+ add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kcmutils6\")
+-ki18n_install(po)
++#ki18n_install(po)
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ add_subdirectory(tools)
+ if(BUILD_TESTING)
+--- ./KF6KCMUtilsConfig.cmake.in
++++ ./KF6KCMUtilsConfig.cmake.in
+@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
+ include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+ find_dependency(KF6ConfigWidgets  "@KF_DEP_VERSION@")
+ find_dependency(KF6CoreAddons   "@KF_DEP_VERSION@")
+-find_dependency(Qt6Qml          "@REQUIRED_QT_VERSION@")
+ 
+ if (NOT @BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@)
+     find_dependency(Qt6Quick        "@REQUIRED_QT_VERSION@")
+
diff --git a/local/patches/kf6-kcoreaddons/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kf6-kcoreaddons/01-initial-migration.patch
index 8525077925..b5ef7ca900 100644
--- a/local/patches/kf6-kcoreaddons/01-initial-migration.patch
+++ b/local/patches/kf6-kcoreaddons/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
 # local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcoreaddons's [build].script to a durable external
 # patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
-# on 2026-06-12T19:43:51+03:00.
+# on 2026-06-12T20:58:28+03:00.
 #
 # After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
 # the recipe's [build].script should call:
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
 #     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
 # in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
 
-diff -ruN '--label=local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcoreaddons/source-pristine' '--label=local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcoreaddons/source' '--exclude=.git' '--exclude=target' '--exclude=.clang-format' '--exclude=.gitignore' local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcoreaddons/source-pristine local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcoreaddons/source
---- local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcoreaddons/source-pristine
-+++ local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcoreaddons/source
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
  )
  
@@ -21,3 +20,4 @@ diff -ruN '--label=local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcoreaddons/source-pristine' '--label=l
  
  kde_enable_exceptions()
  
+
diff --git a/local/patches/kf6-kdeclarative/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kf6-kdeclarative/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f832baaa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/kf6-kdeclarative/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/kf6-kdeclarative's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T20:43:05+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/kf6-kdeclarative"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
+-add_subdirectory(qmlcontrols)
++#add_subdirectory(qmlcontrols)
+ add_subdirectory(calendarevents)
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@
+ include(ECMGenerateExportHeader)
+ include(ECMSetupVersion)
+ include(ECMGenerateHeaders)
+-include(ECMQmlModule)
++#include(ECMQmlModule)
+ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+ include(ECMGenerateQDoc)
+ 
+-find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} NO_MODULE REQUIRED Qml Quick Gui)
++find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} NO_MODULE REQUIRED Gui)
+ find_package(KF6I18n ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+ find_package(KF6Config ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+ find_package(KF6GuiAddons ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+ 
+ 
+ if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT HAIKU)
+-    find_package(KF6GlobalAccel ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
++#    find_package(KF6GlobalAccel ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+     set(HAVE_KGLOBALACCEL TRUE)
+ else()
+     set(HAVE_KGLOBALACCEL FALSE)
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
+     KF 6.23.0
+ )
+ 
+-ki18n_install(po)
++#ki18n_install(po)
+ 
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ if (BUILD_TESTING)
+
diff --git a/local/patches/kf6-knotifications/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kf6-knotifications/01-initial-migration.patch
index 792d0fe109..ab1f0fdb7e 100644
--- a/local/patches/kf6-knotifications/01-initial-migration.patch
+++ b/local/patches/kf6-knotifications/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
 # local/recipes/kde/kf6-knotifications's [build].script to a durable external
 # patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
-# on 2026-06-12T19:34:07+03:00.
+# on 2026-06-12T20:58:28+03:00.
 #
 # After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
 # the recipe's [build].script should call:
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
 #     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
 # in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
 
-diff -ruN '--exclude=.git' '--exclude=target' '--exclude=.clang-format' '--exclude=.gitignore' local/recipes/kde/kf6-knotifications/source-pristine/CMakeLists.txt local/recipes/kde/kf6-knotifications/source/CMakeLists.txt
---- local/recipes/kde/kf6-knotifications/source-pristine/CMakeLists.txt	2026-06-12 19:04:53.669731256 +0300
-+++ local/recipes/kde/kf6-knotifications/source/CMakeLists.txt	2026-06-12 19:34:07.603999577 +0300
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
  
  remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_BYTEARRAY)
@@ -21,3 +20,4 @@ diff -ruN '--exclude=.git' '--exclude=target' '--exclude=.clang-format' '--exclu
  
  ecm_set_disabled_deprecation_versions(
      QT 6.11
+
diff --git a/local/patches/kf6-kwayland/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kf6-kwayland/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82400dcf24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/kf6-kwayland/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwayland's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T20:49:59+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/kf6-kwayland"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
+ }" HAVE_MEMFD)
+ 
+ # Subdirectories
+-ecm_install_po_files_as_qm(po)
++#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm(po)
+ 
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ 
+
diff --git a/local/patches/kf6-notifyconfig/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kf6-notifyconfig/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46d5ffacc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/kf6-notifyconfig/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/kf6-notifyconfig's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T20:50:00+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/kf6-notifyconfig"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ 
+ # Required Qt components to build this framework
+ set(REQUIRED_QT_VERSION 6.9.0)
+-find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} NO_MODULE REQUIRED Widgets)
++find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} NO_MODULE REQUIRED Widgets Network)
+ 
+ # shall we use DBus?
+ # enabled per default on Linux & BSD systems
+@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
+ find_package(KF6I18n ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+ find_package(KF6KIO ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+ 
+-find_package(Canberra)
++# find_package(Canberra disabled on Redox)
+ set_package_properties(Canberra PROPERTIES
+     PURPOSE "Needed to preview notification sounds"
+     TYPE OPTIONAL)
+ if (NOT Canberra_FOUND)
+     # This is REQUIRED since you cannot tell CMake "either one of those two optional ones are required"
+-    find_package(Qt6Multimedia REQUIRED)
++    set(Qt6Multimedia_FOUND FALSE)
+     set_package_properties(Qt6Multimedia PROPERTIES
+         DESCRIPTION "Qt multimedia library"
+         PURPOSE "Needed to preview notification sounds when Canberra isn't available")
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
+ 
+ # Subdirectories
+ add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"knotifyconfig6\")
+-ki18n_install(po)
++#ki18n_install(po)
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ if(BUILD_TESTING)
+   add_subdirectory(tests)
+
diff --git a/local/patches/kirigami/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kirigami/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c394ceec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/kirigami/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/kirigami's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T20:43:05+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/kirigami"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
+     COMPONENT Devel
+ )
+ 
+-ecm_install_po_files_as_qm(poqm)
++# ecm_install_po_files_as_qm(poqm) -- disabled for Redox cross-build
+ 
+ include(ECMFeatureSummary)
+ ecm_feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
+
diff --git a/local/patches/konsole/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/konsole/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e356c2d067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/konsole/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/konsole's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T20:55:47+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/konsole"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
+     DESTINATION "${KDE_INSTALL_LOGGINGCATEGORIESDIR}"
+ )
+ 
+-ki18n_install( po )
++#ki18n_install( po )
+ if(KF6DocTools_FOUND)
+     kdoctools_install( po )
+ endif()
+
diff --git a/local/patches/kwin/01-initial-migration.patch b/local/patches/kwin/01-initial-migration.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ceb2287e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/kwin/01-initial-migration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Initial migration of the inline sed -i chains in
+# local/recipes/kde/kwin's [build].script to a durable external
+# patch. Captured by local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+# on 2026-06-12T20:55:52+03:00.
+#
+# After applying this patch via cookbook_apply_patches,
+# the recipe's [build].script should call:
+#     REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR="/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches/kwin"
+#     cookbook_apply_patches "${REDBEAR_PATCHES_DIR}"
+# in place of the sed -i chains that produced these edits.
+
+--- ./src/plugins/systembell/CMakeLists.txt
++++ ./src/plugins/systembell/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
+ 
+     KF6::GlobalAccel
+     KF6::I18n
+-    Canberra::Canberra
++    $<IF:$<BOOL:${Canberra_FOUND}>,Canberra::Canberra,>
+ )
+
diff --git a/local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh b/local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
index b54fa420e9..e084c77a89 100755
--- a/local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
+++ b/local/scripts/migrate-kf6-seds-direct.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.."
 
 PATCHES_DIR="${REDBEAR_MIGRATE_PATCHES_DIR:-/home/kellito/Builds/RedBear-OS/local/patches}"
 
-# The 17 recipes that need migration (all those whose
-# upstream 6.26.0 still has the ecm_install_po_files_as_qm
-# call). The 24 NO-OP recipes were cleaned separately by
-# cleanup-kf6-noop-seds.sh.
+# All 17 KF6 recipes that previously had inline `sed -i`
+# chains (all those whose upstream 6.26.0 still has the
+# ecm_install_po_files_as_qm call). The 24 NO-OP recipes
+# were cleaned separately by cleanup-kf6-noop-seds.sh.
 recipe_dirs=(
     "local/recipes/kde/kf6-karchive"
     "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kauth"
@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ recipe_dirs=(
     "local/recipes/kde/kf6-solid"
     "local/recipes/kde/kf6-sonnet"
     "local/recipes/kde/kf6-syntaxhighlighting"
+    # 7 unclassified (git-sourced or kde/plasma). Their
+    # pristine state was snapshotted after a successful
+    # `repo fetch`. If the pristine doesn't exist, the
+    # script reports NO-OP and moves on.
+    "local/recipes/kde/breeze"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kde-cli-tools"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kdecoration"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcmutils"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kdeclarative"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kded6"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwayland"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-notifyconfig"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kglobalacceld"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kirigami"
+    "local/recipes/kde/konsole"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kwin"
+    "local/recipes/kde/plasma-desktop"
+    "local/recipes/kde/plasma-workspace"
 )
 
 migrated=0