I am excited for the next release of Plasma as always.

Don't care about the name. I only want it to have a good functional design and as bug free as possible.

True. 'Experts' would still be recommending you remove it though since a faulty update/malware #rollseyes For once, it wasn't, there just wasn't an explanation for why it was added...until now.

But, have you checked the setting? And, reapplying your current theme? I've seen it change and it would explain the small icons/fonts.