Bug 167665 - Writer takes a very long time to open a file , or hang
Summary: Writer takes a very long time to open a file , or hang
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.5.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Performance
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Reported: 2025-07-24 22:02 UTC by Angel
Modified: 2025-08-22 19:26 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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File I can´t open (713.50 KB, application/msword)
2025-07-24 22:02 UTC, Angel 		Details
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Description Angel 2025-07-24 22:02:00 UTC 
Created attachment 201981 [details]
File I can´t open

File opening takes very long time, or directly hangs the program. The control of the program never returns to the user.

It happened with various similar files. And when the file is opened it takes a very long time when the Writer repaginate it
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2025-07-24 22:43:04 UTC 
And sample file opens fine with
Version: 25.8.0.1.0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 5136f42ad575a11f5955bd8289bbc10425944b33
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
AND
Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 7f4868348c14b305fcd75744e1e3544d0d3a5d61
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded


Reproducible
Version: 25.2.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 03d19516eb2e1dd5d4ccd751a0d6f35f35e08022
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

But after open and save with Word, it opens with no issue.
Comment 2 Saburo 2025-07-25 05:44:12 UTC 
bibisected with linux-64-25.8

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
commit 6818bc55ff248c59f12b2e090139eff30fe949dd
author	Jonathan Clark <jonathan@libreoffice.org>	Wed Mar 26 14:28:55 2025 -0600

tdf#88908 sw: Add BalanceSpacesAndIdeographicSpaces compat option
Comment 3 Saburo 2025-07-25 05:45:25 UTC 
Need backport 25.2 ?