GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 784488
Epiphany 3.25.x freezes when writing unknown words in the address bar
Last modified: 2017-07-24 10:42:31 UTC
When writing something that gives nothing in the suggestions (not an address in the history, not a bookmark), the whole UI freezes with 100% CPU for a few seconds. If I keep adding words, they're not displayed (as the UI is frozen), but it increases the time before the UI is responsive again. As long as there are suggestions, the UI is responsive. As far as I can remember, the problem was not present in 3.24.x.
Can you reproduce this problem when running with 'epiphany -p'?
(In reply to Michael Catanzaro from comment #1) > Can you reproduce this problem when running with 'epiphany -p'? Yes, I can.
OK. I can't reproduce it, so I figured maybe it was something specific to your profile. Maybe it could be caused by search engines? What is the output of this command: $ gsettings get org.gnome.Epiphany search-engines
And can you provide one particular search query that reproduces the issue when using 'epiphany -p'?
(In reply to Michael Catanzaro from comment #3) > OK. I can't reproduce it, so I figured maybe it was something specific to > your profile. > > Maybe it could be caused by search engines? What is the output of this > command: > > $ gsettings get org.gnome.Epiphany search-engines [('DuckDuckGo', 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s&t=epiphany', '!ddg')] I've also tried with another user, after deleting ~/.config/epiphany, ~/.cache/epiphany and ~/.cache/webkitgtk, it doesn't fix the issue. (In reply to Michael Catanzaro from comment #4) > And can you provide one particular search query that reproduces the issue > when using 'epiphany -p'? You can try with anything that's not in the history, for example "tttttttt tttt ttt ttt ttt ttttt ttt". There's no problem if I copy-paste the text in the address bar. I've also found that the UI "unfreezes" when I put the cursor on the "DuckDuckGo" suggestion below the address bar. The problem probably comes from the fact that the UI is only refreshed when the suggestions are refreshed, not each time a letter is added to the address. I use: - gtk+ 3.22.16, - webkit-gtk 2.17.4, - mutter 3.25.3 (a lot of things about redrawing windows have changed in 3.25.x, it may be related). Thank you!
(In reply to Guillaume Ayoub from comment #5) > - mutter 3.25.3 (a lot of things about redrawing windows have changed in > 3.25.x, it may be related). Maybe! Looks like I'll need to install rawhide sometime to check it out. Thanks for testing it.
Actually, this must be what Christian was complaining about last week.
Yup, see bug 784314
Closing, as it is a duplicate of 784314 for sure now. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 784314 ***