Bug 170391 - Writer hangs while attempting to open docx file
Summary: Writer hangs while attempting to open docx file
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.1.1 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: bibisected, bisected, regression
Depends on:
Blocks: DOCX-Opening
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Reported: 2026-01-19 18:42 UTC by kemsky
Modified: 2026-01-22 08:22 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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sample file (65.88 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2026-01-19 18:42 UTC, kemsky 		Details
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Description kemsky 2026-01-19 18:42:17 UTC 
Description:
Writer hangs indefinitely while attempting to open docx file.

Steps to Reproduce:
Simply open the file.

Actual Results:
Writer hangs

Expected Results:
Writer opens the file


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.1.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 580(Build:1)
CPU threads: 22; OS: Linux 6.17; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:25.8.1~rc1-0ubuntu1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 kemsky 2026-01-19 18:42:38 UTC 
Created attachment 205088 [details]
sample file
Comment 2 raal 2026-01-21 16:25:30 UTC 
Confirm with Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64)
Build ID: 8fb5be18f8febe88f7d0b72e4b30efd41891feb7
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: cs-CZ (cs_CZ.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded


works in 7.3.7
Comment 3 raal 2026-01-21 16:34:15 UTC 
This seems to have begun at the below commit in bibisect repository/OS linux-64-24.2.
Adding Cc: to Miklos Vajna ; Could you possibly take a look at this one?
Thanks
 18adfcd905df45f55cbaaee0f5ad8a1a61b3b473 is the first bad commit
commit 18adfcd905df45f55cbaaee0f5ad8a1a61b3b473
Author: Jenkins Build User <tdf@pollux.tdf>
Date:   Wed Sep 13 11:49:48 2023 +0200

    source 5127b1961b762643d47a26704556fd9b8664c6fc
   
156865: sw floattable, nesting: add DOCX import | https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/156865
Comment 4 m_a_riosv 2026-01-21 21:54:07 UTC 
Reproducible
Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64)
Build ID: 680(Build:0)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26200); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 5 Miklos Vajna 2026-01-22 08:22:57 UTC 
Thanks for the bisect. I intend to get to this at some stage, yes.