Revert "Add Qt environment validation and graceful fallback for broken PySide6"

This reverts commit 13afe98190.

idassist_plugin.py

@@ -27,16 +27,7 @@ PLUGIN_NAME = "IDAssist"
 PLUGIN_HOTKEY = "Ctrl+Shift+A"
 PLUGIN_COMMENT = "LLM-assisted reverse engineering"
 PLUGIN_HELP = "Opens the IDAssist panel for AI-powered binary analysis"
-def _load_version():
-    import json
-    try:
-        meta_path = os.path.join(_PLUGIN_DIR, "ida-plugin.json")
-        with open(meta_path, "r") as f:
-            return json.load(f)["plugin"]["version"]
-    except Exception:
-        return "0.0.0"
-
-PLUGIN_VERSION = _load_version()
+PLUGIN_VERSION = "1.0.0"
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -207,20 +198,9 @@ class IDAssistPlugin(idaapi.plugin_t):
     def init(self):
         """Called when IDA loads the plugin. Return PLUGIN_KEEP to stay resident."""
         try:
-            from src.ida_compat import log, check_qt_environment
+            from src.ida_compat import log
             log.log_info(f"IDAssist v{PLUGIN_VERSION} loaded")
 
-            # Validate Qt environment
-            self._qt_ok = True
-            self._qt_diag = ""
-            qt_ok, qt_diag = check_qt_environment()
-            if qt_ok:
-                log.log_info(f"Qt env: {qt_diag}")
-            else:
-                log.log_error(f"Qt environment check failed: {qt_diag}")
-                self._qt_ok = False
-                self._qt_diag = qt_diag
-
             # Register context menu actions
             self._register_actions()
 
@@ -276,12 +256,6 @@ class IDAssistPlugin(idaapi.plugin_t):
 
     def run(self, arg):
         """Called when the user activates the plugin (hotkey or menu)."""
-        if not self._qt_ok:
-            ida_kernwin.warning(
-                f"IDAssist: Qt environment is not usable.\n\n{self._qt_diag}\n\n"
-                "The UI cannot be opened. Check IDA's output window for details."
-            )
-            return
         try:
             from src.views.idassist_form import IDAssistForm
             IDAssistForm.open()

src/ida_compat.py

@@ -123,90 +123,3 @@ def get_binary_hash():
 def is_in_ida():
     """Check if we are running inside IDA Pro."""
     return _IN_IDA
-
-
-def check_qt_platform_plugins():
-    """Lightweight file-existence check for Qt platform plugins.
-
-    This does NOT import PySide6 — it checks the filesystem to detect
-    whether the platform plugins directory exists. Call this before
-    importing PySide6 in OnCreate to prevent the fatal abort() that Qt
-    triggers when platform plugins are missing (which Python cannot catch).
-
-    Returns:
-        (ok: bool, error_msg: str or None)
-    """
-    try:
-        import importlib.util
-        spec = importlib.util.find_spec("PySide6")
-        if spec is None or spec.origin is None:
-            return False, "PySide6 is not installed or not importable"
-
-        pyside6_dir = os.path.dirname(spec.origin)
-        plugins_dir = os.path.join(pyside6_dir, "Qt", "plugins", "platforms")
-        if not os.path.isdir(plugins_dir):
-            return False, (
-                f"Qt platform plugins directory not found at {plugins_dir}. "
-                "This usually means PySide6 is incomplete or corrupted. "
-                "Try: pip install --force-reinstall PySide6"
-            )
-        return True, None
-    except Exception as e:
-        return False, f"Qt platform plugin check failed: {e}"
-
-
-def check_qt_environment():
-    """Validate the Qt/PySide6 environment for use in IDA plugins.
-
-    Performs import tests, version logging, conflict detection, and
-    platform plugin checks.
-
-    Returns:
-        (ok: bool, diagnostics: str)
-    """
-    diag_lines = []
-
-    # 1. Import test
-    try:
-        import PySide6
-        import PySide6.QtCore
-    except ImportError as e:
-        return False, f"PySide6 import failed: {e}"
-
-    # 2. Version logging
-    pyside_ver = PySide6.__version__
-    qt_ver = PySide6.QtCore.qVersion()
-    diag_lines.append(f"PySide6 {pyside_ver}, Qt {qt_ver}")
-
-    # 3. Conflicting install detection
-    pyside_path = os.path.realpath(PySide6.__file__)
-    if "site-packages" in pyside_path:
-        # Check if this looks like a pip-installed copy rather than IDA's bundled one
-        ida_dir = ""
-        if _IN_IDA:
-            try:
-                ida_dir = os.path.dirname(idaapi.get_ida_directory() or "")
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-        if ida_dir and not pyside_path.startswith(ida_dir):
-            diag_lines.append(
-                f"WARNING: PySide6 loaded from pip site-packages ({pyside_path}) "
-                "which may shadow IDA's bundled Qt and cause crashes. "
-                "Consider: pip uninstall PySide6"
-            )
-
-    # 4. Platform plugin check
-    ok, err = check_qt_platform_plugins()
-    if not ok:
-        diag_lines.append(f"FATAL: {err}")
-        return False, "; ".join(diag_lines)
-
-    # 5. QApplication check
-    try:
-        from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication
-        if QApplication.instance() is None:
-            diag_lines.append("Note: QApplication not yet created (may be normal during early init)")
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-    return True, "; ".join(diag_lines)

src/views/idassist_form.py

@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ class IDAssistForm(idaapi.PluginForm):
 
     def OnCreate(self, form):
         """Called by IDA when the form is first created."""
-        from src.ida_compat import check_qt_platform_plugins
-        ok, err = check_qt_platform_plugins()
-        if not ok:
-            log.log_error(f"Qt platform plugins missing, cannot create UI: {err}")
-            return
-
         try:
             from PySide6.QtWidgets import QTabWidget, QVBoxLayout, QWidget