Bug 515254

Summary: Bug Report: ABRT-GUI hangs indefinitely at "Generating backtrace"
Product: [Applications] drkonqi Reporter: Tristan Theroux <tristan.theroux>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM    
Severity: normal CC: kdebugs, kdedev, sitter
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Tristan Theroux 2026-01-29 11:19:47 UTC
SUMMARY The "Problem Reporting" (ABRT) utility hangs indefinitely during the analyze_CCpp phase when generating a backtrace for C/C++ crashes, providing no timeout or progress feedback.

DESCRIPTION When attempting to report a crash (e.g., maliit-keyboard or slack), the ABRT workflow reaches the "Generating backtrace" step and stops responding. Terminal output shows the process reaches analyze_CCpp but never completes. Manual intervention (Ctrl+C) is required to exit. This prevents users from submitting high-quality bug reports with stack traces.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Open "Problem Reporting" (abrt-gui).

Select a recent C/C++ crash.

Click "Report".

Observe the process stalling at the backtrace generation stage.

OBSERVED RESULT The UI remains on "Generating backtrace" indefinitely. No disk or network activity is clearly indicated in the UI, and no error message is produced.

EXPECTED RESULT ABRT should either:

Complete the backtrace in a reasonable timeframe.

Provide a progress bar for debuginfo downloads.

Timeout with an error message allowing the user to submit the "raw" report without the backtrace.

ADDITIONAL INFO (TERMINAL LOG)

Plaintext
--- Running report_uReport ---
('report_uReport' completed successfully)
--- Running analyze_CCpp ---
Generating backtrace
[Process hangs here]
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

OS: Fedora 43 KDE Workstation

Package: abrt-desktop / abrt-gui

Version: (You can get this by running rpm -q abrt)
Comment 1 TraceyC 2026-01-29 11:40:24 UTC
*** Bug 513638 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Harald Sitter 2026-01-29 20:55:09 UTC
abrt-gui is a fedora thing that has nothing to do with us.