Authentication (and thus, installing anything) in Discovery is either broken for all or for some users, for at least six months now.
For me, it either broke when upgrading to Byzantium, or with some update, maybe Q2 2022.
For reference: https://forums.puri.sm/t/kde-discover-no-authentication/17513
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Can affected users run some tests, check permissions, config files?