Attempts to open preferences pane causes application freeze

[heyitsdross]

JabRef version

Latest development branch build

Commit hash 3dd1f86db2a7cf469e4bf10268c510fa68cb3c32, built on September 16th, 2024.

Operating system

GNU / Linux

Details on version and operating system

uname -r: 6.10.6-10-MANJARO
Desktop Environment: sway (Wayland)

Checked with the latest development build (copy version output from About dialog)

• I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
• I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Tested on commit 3dd1f86db2a7cf469e4bf10268c510fa68cb3c32 via IntelliJ.

1. Start JabRef
2. Click on File > Preferences

Expected Behavior: Preferences Pane opens
Actual Behavior: Application freezes and ceases responding to user UI Inputs

Note: Cannot reproduce with jabref-5.16-portable on https://builds.jabref.org/main, the issue seems to only affect IntelliJ.

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[koppor]

Can you do a git bisect run please? 😅

[Siedlerchr]

Can you try to reset your preferences using the commandline options? https://dev.azure.com/silab-de/SIP/_build?definitionId=161
-d all
Does it work then again? My guess it has something to do with the keyring accessing library (at least that is a thing I noticed when I ran jabref)

[heyitsdross]

I ran a git bisect, which was inconclusive, and also dug a bit into possible problems on my end.

Configuring my XDG Desktop Portal to use xdg-desktop-portal-wlr seems to have fixed the problem, I get a password prompt even on the 3dd1f86db2a7cf469e4bf10268c510fa68cb3c32 commit I mentioned above as broken.

Seems to happen quite frequently when one uses an install from one DE (in my case, Gnome) and attempts to install a second alongside it.

@Siedlerchr is this info worthy of updating developer documentation with?

[Siedlerchr]

Ah great you found the issue. Yeah updating the devdocs is indeed helpful. In case anybody else encounters the problem