The first process run per user of LibreOffice becomes a parent process and each additional document that opens is a "child" of that process. If the parent process deadlocks for whatever reason each attempt to open a new document simply starts a new process with no UI that appears. The user has no indication that this has happened and can do the same step repeatedly. On a standalone computer, a user would probably just reboot; but this will not work on a server. I'm not a developer, but will explain it to the best of my knowledge. We are requesting infrastructure in Libre so that child processes "ping" the parent for a response of some type and only attempt to continue opening the file if the parent responds correctly. If the parent fails and is deadlocked, it would make an attempt to cleanly shut down the parent (maybe grabbing a backtrace?) and then go through the normal document recovery mode. This issue has been around for many years including with OpenOffice, but have confirmed that it happens with Libre too. Thank you.
Dear Reporter, it seems this request was filled long time ago. Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ? I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least 6 months. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDINFO status with no change in 30 days the QA team will close the bug as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to lack of needed information. For more information about our NEEDINFO policy please read the wiki located here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Status/NEEDINFO If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED so that the QA team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone! Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-NeedInfo-Ping-20170830
Dear Bug Submitter, Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding. Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still present in the latest stable release, we need the following information (please ignore any that you've already provided): a) Provide details of your system including your operating system and the latest version of LibreOffice that you have confirmed the bug to be present b) Provide easy to reproduce steps – the simpler the better c) Provide any test case(s) which will help us confirm the problem d) Provide screenshots of the problem if you think it might help e) Read all comments and provide any requested information Once all of this is done, please set the bug back to UNCONFIRMED and we will attempt to reproduce the issue. Please do not: a) respond via email b) update the version field in the bug or any of the other details on the top section of our bug tracker Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-NeedInfo-20170929