2024-11-05 - new note freezes Joplin Mobile 3.1.7

Coffee · 2024-11-05T18:11:55.723Z

I cannot view your screen recordings. Neither on Android Firefox nor on Windows Firefox nor on Windows Chrome. Can you view my recording?

Coffee · 2024-11-05T18:19:05.620Z

personalizedrefriger:

Does this happen in a new, empty notebook?

Yes.
This is what happens in a new, empty notebook

personalizedrefriger · 2024-11-05T18:35:42.214Z

I cannot view your screen recordings. Neither on Android Firefox nor on Windows Firefox nor on Windows Chrome. Can you view my recording?

I can view that recording! I'm converting the recordings from my previous message to .webm format:

Screen recordings

Coffee · 2024-11-05T18:45:29.506Z

personalizedrefriger:

If so, does this happen in a new profile?

No.
In a new empty profile without sync target the new note can be created as expected

personalizedrefriger · 2024-11-05T18:57:01.683Z

Thank you for checking!

Here are a few things to test in the main profile:

Does duplicating, then editing, a note work?
Demonstration/how to do this
1. Long-press on an existing note.
2. Click the "duplicate" button.
Does disabling plugin support help? (Why this is being asked: Plugins are disabled by default in secondary profiles):

How to disable plugin support

What I'm trying: I'm currently trying to run Joplin on an Android 15 emulator. If that works, I plan to create or simulate decryption errors (so that the error banner is visible).
Update 1: I can create new notes in an empty profile with Joplin on Android 15.
Update 2: If I show the "some items cannot be decrypted" banner (manually, without decryption errors actually being present), I can still create new notes.

Coffee · 2024-11-05T19:31:39.871Z

personalizedrefriger:

'm converting the recordings from my previous message to .webm format

Thank you very much. I can watch this format.

Coffee · 2024-11-05T19:37:44.447Z

personalizedrefriger:

Does duplicating, then editing, a note work?

Yes.
I actually use this as a workaround.

Coffee · 2024-11-05T19:42:14.565Z

personalizedrefriger:

(Why this is being asked: Plugins are disabled by default in secondary profiles):

My main profile with this problem is the 7th "secondary profile" in my device.
Joplin Debug Tool is installed.
What shall I do?
Uninstall it?

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Coffee · 2024-11-05T19:49:05.015Z

Coffee:

Uninstall it?

I've uninstalled it an switched it off

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personalizedrefriger · 2024-11-05T19:49:17.201Z

Coffee:

My main profile with this problem is the 7th "secondary profile" in my device.

For reference, profiles can be deleted by long-pressing the profile option, then clicking "delete" (though I suggest being careful with this!).

Coffee:

Joplin Debug Tool is installed.
What shall I do?
Uninstall it?

I would suggest unchecking "enable plugin support":

personalizedrefriger:

How to disable plugin support

Coffee · 2024-11-05T19:54:39.049Z

personalizedrefriger:

would suggest unchecking "enable plugin support":

I've unchecked it.
The problem persists.
Even after a reboot.

personalizedrefriger · 2024-11-05T19:56:47.134Z

Thank you for checking!

Things I plan to try next:

Emulator: Show software buttons (another user is reporting a different bug related to the Android 14 and 15 "3 button navigation" mode).
- Update: Done. This doesn't seem to cause the problem (though I can reproduce this other issue).
Emulator: Set up sync with actual decryption errors (rather than simulating them, as was done previously).
- Update: Done ("press to set the decryption password" banner visible). The new note button still works.

personalizedrefriger · 2024-11-05T20:00:53.367Z

Another thing to try:

Does temporarily disabling sync help?

Disabling sync

To re-enable sync, set the sync target back to "Joplin Cloud" (or some other sync target).

Coffee · 2024-11-05T20:16:40.584Z

personalizedrefriger:

Does temporarily disabling sync help?

I'll try using a smaller secondary profile.
The smaller secondary profile is one that I share folders with.
Before disabling sync, the problem was there too - tested in a new empty folder.

Coffee · 2024-11-05T20:23:10.887Z

personalizedrefriger:

Does temporarily disabling sync help?

Yes.
Temporarily turning off sync made the problem go away.
After re-enabling sync, the problem returned.

Coffee · 2024-11-05T22:25:38.594Z

P.S.
This problem does not exist with Sync Target Nextcloud to my small test environment.

personalizedrefriger · 2024-11-05T22:39:31.549Z

So far, I haven't been able to reproduce this after setting up the emulator such that:

It syncs with a local Joplin Cloud instance.
The "press to set the decryption password" banner is visible due to a master key with a missing password.

At present, I've only tested with a development version of Joplin and decryption errors caused by a missing decryption password.

What I plan to try next:

Allowing the debug info plugin to create notes through the plugin API: Joplin Android includes a newNote command that can be accessed by plugins. It's implemented in a slightly different way from the "+" button's new note logic. If the newNote command works, then its implementation could be compared with the "+" button's new note logic.
- Update: A new note command that uses this other code path will be in v0.3.0 of the plugin. To check whether this logic can successfully create notes, 1) open the plugin panel, 2) scroll down to "More tools", 3) Click "Run a command", 4) click "newNote", 5) check whether Joplin freezes.

Coffee · 2024-11-06T07:55:40.756Z

Coffee:

11-05T07:37:11: PostMessageService: Cannot receive message because no viewMessageHandler was found {"pluginId":"io.github.personalizedrefrigerator.joplin-plugin-debug-info","viewId":"plugin-view-io.github.personalizedrefrigerator.joplin-plugin-debug-info-note-info-dialog","contentScriptId":null,"from":"plugin","to":"userWebview","id":"plugin_17307886310570.7198916881223794","content":{"type":"noteChange","selectedNoteIds":[]}}

Could this error log entry mean that a piece of code viewMessageHandler is available in your emulation environment, but not on my smartphone?

personalizedrefriger · 2024-11-06T20:37:02.041Z

I've successfully replicated a freeze/crash when creating new notes on an Android emulator.

Error message:

Error: Missing property "share_id": {"parent_id": ...

Stack trace:

checkObjectHasProperties in object.ts:15:41
itemIsReadOnlySync in readOnly.js:87:42
stateToWhenClauseContext in stateToWhenClauseContext.js:45:73
currentWhenClauseContext in CommandService.js:161:46
NoteScreenComponent#menuOptions in Note.js:1232:137
NoteScreenComponent#render in Note.js:1232:137

Update: GitHub issue.
Update 2: Proposed fix.

Coffee · 2024-11-10T07:10:34.152Z

2024-11-10 - Joplin Mobile 3.1.8 (prod, android) and Joplin 3.1.24 (prod, win32) have arrived.
2024-11-05 - new note freezes Joplin Mobile 3.1.7 - problem does not occur:
Can create new notes again with Joplin Mobile 3.1.8 (prod, android).