Bug 468852 - Akonadi flashes unreadable error windows
Summary: Akonadi flashes unreadable error windows
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: Akonadi
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.22.3
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2023-04-23 10:16 UTC by Éric Brunet
Modified: 2023-04-23 10:16 UTC (History)
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videoshot of the screen (517.79 KB, video/mp4)
2023-04-23 10:16 UTC, Éric Brunet
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Description Éric Brunet 2023-04-23 10:16:04 UTC
Created attachment 158348 [details]
videoshot of the screen

When one of the imap servers I am using has an error, the akonadi server shows every couple of minutes an error message in a flashing window: it appears and immediately disappears. The window flashes too quickly to be readable; I had to make a movie with my phone, and watch it frame by frame, to be able to read the message.

I am attaching a 1 sec video demonstrating the problem. There are several issues here:
*) the window flashing going every minute or so is annoying
*) it is very hard to see the window reports a problem with akonadi
*) even once the message has been read, there is no easy way to stop the error windows flashing. Here is a small wishlist:
   == fix the flashing issue (obviously...)
   == add a Pause/Unpause button in the "account configuration window" of kmail
   == add an option to entirely disable such error windows. There could be other ways to notify that a resource is down

The message is in french, basically it says:

Title: authentification impossible --- [$Imap_resource_name]
The server from the account "$Imap_resource_name" has refused the username and the password.
Do you want to open the configuration window, try connecting again, or do nothing
Connection error: The server replied A000004 NO AUTHENTICATE failed
Buttons: [Account configuration] [Try again] [Cancel]

Now the strange part: I have another configured Imap resource. If I enter the wrong password in that resource, then the same error window (for that other account) appears and works as expected: it appears, and wait for me to click one of the buttons. What can I do to debug this ?

I have an up-to-date fedora 38 linux, running with Wayland and kde

kf5-akonadi-server-mysql-22.12.3-1.fc38.x86_64
kwin-5.27.4.1-1.fc38.x86_64
libwayland-server-1.22.0-1.fc38.x86_64