Bug 307062

Summary:	After upgrading akonadi is running mad
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] Akonadi	Reporter:	Thomas Pasch <thomas.pasch>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	critical
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.9
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Thomas Pasch 2012-09-19 18:37:03 UTC

I'm using the kubuntu-backports of KDE 4.9 [https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/backports] for Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) amd64. After the upgrade from 4:4.9.0 to 4:4.9.1 a few days ago, akonadi is running mad after login if not stop within a few seconds be typing 

akonadictl stop

in a (hopefully quick opening konsole). To be very sure, I normally also 'kill -9' all processes listed by 'ps ax | grep akona'.

Running mad in this case means that the system eats up all cpu-time, effectively making the system unusable within around 1 minute.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Just log in.
Actual Results:  
Akonadi running mad, requiring a reboot after around 1 minute.

Expected Results:  
Akonadi working in the background (or better not at all). For example, why are the akonadi processes not run as a low-priority nice value or in a process group that limit their cpu-usage?

Comment 1 Thomas Pasch 2012-09-22 06:49:06 UTC

I finally get around this by removing all files beginning with 'akona*' in the ~/.kde, ~/.local, and ~/.config directory structures.

I still would suggest limiting the resource usage of the akonadi framework...

Comment 2 Denis Kurz 2016-09-24 20:36:20 UTC

This bug has only been reported for versions older than KDEPIM 4.14 (at most akonadi-1.3). Can anyone tell if this bug still present?

If noone confirms this bug for a recent version of akonadi (part of KDE Applications 15.08 or later), it gets closed in about three months.

Comment 3 Denis Kurz 2017-01-07 22:15:40 UTC

Just as announced in my last comment, I close this bug. If you encounter it again in a recent version (at least 5.0 aka 15.08), please open a new one unless it already exists. Thank you for all your input.