Pidgin not reacting to chrome uri irc:// xdg-open and firefox not reacting

Pidgin not reacting to chrome uri irc:// xdg-open and firefox not reacting
Here test urls from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kangarooo/
irc://irc.libera.chat:6697/#Ubuntu-LV,isserver,isnick?msg=Hello!%20Need%20your%20guidance!%20Found%20your%20nick%20in%20https://launchpad.net/~kangarooo/%20.%20are%20you%20here?

irc://irc.libera.chat:6697/#Ubuntu-LV,isserver,isnick?msg=Hello!%20Need%20your%20guidance!%20Found%20your%20nick%20in%20https://launchpad.net/~kangarooo/%20.%20are%20you%20here?

irc://irc.libera.chat:6667/Kangarooo,isserver,isnick?msg=Hello!%20Need%20your%20guidance!%20Found%20your%20nick%20in%20[url]www.ubuntuforums.org[/url]%20.%20are%20you%20here?

irc://irc.libera.chat:6667/Kangarooo,isnick?msg=Hello!%20Need%20your%20guidance!%20Found%20your%20nick%20in%20[url]www.ubuntuforums.org[/url]%20.%20are%20you%20here?

irc://irc.libera.chat:6697/pickle,isuser

irc://irc.libera.chat:6697/pickle,isnick?msg=Hello

irc://irc.libera.chat:6697/pickle?msg=Hello

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.13.0-2.2ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-56.62~20.04.1-generic 5.15.64
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.25
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Dec 19 20:37:04 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-03-10 (649 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)