Bug 169882 - Writer freezes when opening a file
Summary: Writer freezes when opening a file
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
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: Mike Kaganski
URL:
Whiteboard: target:26.8.0 target:26.2.0.0.beta2 t...
Keywords: bibisected, bisected, regression
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-12-07 21:14 UTC by Evgen
Modified: 2026-01-12 09:12 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

See Also:
Crash report or crash signature:


Attachments
problem file (17.79 MB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2025-12-07 21:23 UTC, Evgen
Details

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Description Evgen 2025-12-07 21:14:40 UTC
Description:
Writer freezes when opening a file 
Safemode, resetting UserProfile, resetting setup, reinstall not help

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open file
2.
3.

Actual Results:
freezes interface

Expected Results:
open file


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: ru
Module: safemode
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Windows (All)
OS is 64bit: no
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Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 22000); UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: ru-RU
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Evgen 2025-12-07 21:23:20 UTC
Created attachment 204490 [details]
problem file

The same file at google dive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ycXagdojFSKf3W8-F9xYoQ7RGVgODTm-/view?usp=sharing  can be still open via google Docs
Comment 2 Evgen 2025-12-07 21:24:34 UTC
The same file at google dive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ycXagdojFSKf3W8-F9xYoQ7RGVgODTm-/view?usp=sharing  can be still open via google Docs
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2025-12-07 23:53:41 UTC
https://odfvalidator.org/ is not able to open the file.
'413 Request Entity Too Large'
Comment 4 Roman Kuznetsov 2025-12-08 08:38:17 UTC
No problem

Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: c01e50ce848eb175813c27679d6c52056ea67625
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: ru-RU
Calc: threaded
Comment 5 Roman Kuznetsov 2025-12-08 08:41:23 UTC
Sorry, confirm the hang in the same version with file from attach
Comment 6 Evgen 2025-12-08 08:50:28 UTC
Community confirm 
* the hang on 25.8.3.2 32bit and 64bit 
* Not hang on 7.6.4.1
Comment 7 Saburo 2025-12-10 08:10:34 UTC
bibisected with linux-64-25.2
Version: 25.2.5.0.0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 9ec73c650091e03e84eba8bc6ed90ebccc68d0bb

commit 9ec73c650091e03e84eba8bc6ed90ebccc68d0bb
author	Mike Kaganski

tdf#166871: drop mnMaxParaPerPage hack

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adding CC: Mike Kaganski
Please, take a look?
Comment 8 Mike Kaganski 2025-12-10 16:39:05 UTC
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/195395
Comment 9 Commit Notification 2025-12-11 17:11:20 UTC
Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/c6d9c76be68a8eea65d4c0c236006b7ee9ec8355

tdf#169882: revert commit c799de145f7e289f31e3669646e5bd12814e6c5e

It will be available in 26.8.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 10 Commit Notification 2025-12-12 08:27:46 UTC
Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "libreoffice-26-2":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/59a917305dbaf99182380cec8d2bf5f90cddabc8

tdf#169882: revert commit c799de145f7e289f31e3669646e5bd12814e6c5e

It will be available in 26.2.0.0.beta2.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 11 Evgen 2026-01-04 21:03:57 UTC
The problem is still there
Test with

Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64)
Build ID: 680(Build:0)
CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 22000); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: ru-RU
Calc: threaded
Comment 12 BogdanB 2026-01-08 05:34:52 UTC
I don't understand why the bug was reopened? It is working well.
Evgen and Roman, please test this bug. 

Was freezing in
Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: ro-RO (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

But it is ok in
Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64)
Build ID: d5b8c77465a3fbb441f8914c4eca135493d0544f
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 13 Evgen 2026-01-08 07:48:01 UTC
Not freezes with https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/Win-x86_64@tb103-1-TDF/2026-01-07_03.31.18/LibreOfficeDev_26.8.0.0.alpha0_Win_x86-64.msi

Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64)
Build ID: 680(Build:0)
CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 22000); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: ru-RU
Calc: threaded

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The previous test was with https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/Win-x86_64@tb103-1-TDF/2026-01-04_03.05.23/LibreOfficeDev_26.8.0.0.alpha0_Win_x86-64.msi

Stranger Things.
Reinstall again build 2026-01-04_03.05.23 and not freezes found
And build 2026-01-06_03.38.26 - not freezes

As well, all these builds with every .odt file ask to save changes even if there are no changes was made
Comment 14 BogdanB 2026-01-08 10:36:20 UTC
Verified based on comment 13.
Comment 15 Commit Notification 2026-01-12 09:12:21 UTC
Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "libreoffice-25-8":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/0a5f8141a5aa37bfdb7c639b18166b1ae547a3b6

tdf#169882: revert commit c799de145f7e289f31e3669646e5bd12814e6c5e

It will be available in 25.8.5.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.