Note: I have also asked this question on askubuntu, but got no replies at all.

In previous versions of Konsole, I could set a custom icon for a Konsole tab using

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    echo -e "\033]32;/path/to/file.svg\007"    # from Bash
    print(f"\033]32;{iconPath}\007", end="")   # from Python

I'm using Kubuntu 20.04, which ships with Konsole 19.12.3 (Plasma 5.18.5), and this does not work anymore. No errors, but no change in the icon.

I know that the default tab icon has been removed at some point, but how do we set icons for individual tabs now? The only way I can see is to select an icon for the whole profile, which is not what I need. I need ad-hoc tab icons: "This tab is for doing a merge" or "This tab is for documentation".

use different colors?

I have tried various different icons, vector based (svg) and raster formats (png), and different sizes.
I made sure the paths exist and the images are fine.

For example:

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echo -e "\033]32;/usr/share/icons/breeze/apps/16/kwrite.svg\007"

I have also tried this in a new empty Konsole profile, but no luck.
The exact same line works on an older Kubuntu 19.04 install.