Started seeing the same bug after upgrading to 18.04 LTS. It only happens when I have some "security" update(s), indicated by red icon color. After the updates are installed, the notification icon color changes to blue (indicating normal non-security updates) but icon stays in the tray, even though there is no further updates available. This notification icon can only be cleared by leaving the KDE session.
Started seeing the same bug after upgrading to 18.04 LTS. It only happens when I have some "security" update(s), indicated by red icon color. After the updates are installed, the notification icon color changes to blue (indicating normal non-security updates) but icon stays in the tray, even though there is no further updates available. This notification icon can only be cleared by leaving the KDE session.