some moments ago or so, on 15.5, zypper patch now works again properly and resolves the situation: sudo zypper patch Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following 4 packages are going to be upgraded: libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 libssh2-1 libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles The following NEW package is going to be installed: WebKitGTK-4.0-lang The following 3 NEW patches are going to be installed: openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3419 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3555 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3556 The following package is going to be REMOVED: WebKit2GTK-4.0-lang 4 packages to upgrade, 1 new, 1 to remove. ------------ thanks.