Bug 170514 - Crash if I delete words or update table of contents
Summary: Crash if I delete words or update table of contents
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.4.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2026-01-28 14:29 UTC by Rainer Hübner
Modified: 2026-01-28 16:18 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
Preparation for a presentation, writer document (69.58 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2026-01-28 16:16 UTC, Rainer Hübner
Details

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Description Rainer Hübner 2026-01-28 14:29:44 UTC
Description:
Writer often crashes when I delete words, even in the ‘Replace’ function or when updating the table of contents. This is particularly noticeable when I haven't saved beforehand. 

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Update the table of contents by right-clicking and selecting Update.
2.Crash
3.recovery option
4.Saving the document
5.Again: Update the table of Contents
6.Again: Crash
7.Closing Microsoft Access-Windows
8.Again: recovery option
9.Again: Update the table of contents
10. Success

Actual Results:
mostly Crash

Expected Results:
Updated table of contents


Reproducible: Sometimes


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: de
Module: TextDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Windows (All)
OS is 64bit: no
Comment 1 Rainer Hübner 2026-01-28 14:32:35 UTC
These crashes only started occurring when I updated LibreOffice from version 7 to version 25 a few weeks ago. I had no problems with version 7.
Comment 2 raal 2026-01-28 15:32:40 UTC
Hello,

Thank you for filing the bug. Please send us a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. 
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO', so please do change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once you have attached a document.
(Please note that the attachment will be public, remove any sensitive information before attaching it.)
How can I eliminate confidential data from a sample document?
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FAQ#How_can_I_eliminate_confidential_data_from_a_sample_document.3F

I cannot reproduce crash 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


Thank you
Comment 3 Rainer Hübner 2026-01-28 16:16:09 UTC
Created attachment 205230 [details]
Preparation for a presentation, writer document