Bug 514825 - Scheduler's alignment check interrupts and aborts meridian flip in progress
Summary: Scheduler's alignment check interrupts and aborts meridian flip in progress
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kstars
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 3.8.0
Platform: NixOS Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jasem Mutlaq
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Reported: 2026-01-19 11:47 UTC by kulczwoj
Modified: 2026-01-19 12:03 UTC (History)
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2026-01-19 11:47 UTC, kulczwoj
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Description kulczwoj 2026-01-19 11:47:56 UTC
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SUMMARY

With enabled Meridian Flip and Scheduler->Alignment-> "Verify captured image position" + "Reset pipeline if delta exceeds"

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable meridian flip
2. Set Scheduler->Alignment->"Verify captured image position every" 1 "frames"
3. Set Scheduler->Alignment->"Reset pipeline if verified image delta exceeds" 0.1 "arcminutes" (very small on purpose to ensure it triggers together with meridian flip); use e.g. dithering to ensure image drift exceeds delta
4. (optional) Set HA limit
5. Start job that for target that will go past meridian mid-job, triggering MF

OBSERVED RESULT

Meridian flip fires up, mount status changes to "Slewing", but MF gets immediately aborted due to re-alignment triggered by captured frame being too far from target. Alignment finishes, but MF doesn't happen and job never resumes, eventually mount reaches max HA limit and/or hardware HA limit and freezes.

EXPECTED RESULT

Target drift check and re-alignment are skipped when MF is pending/running.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: NixOS 26.06
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.63 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 kulczwoj 2026-01-19 12:03:38 UTC
Complete SUMMARY part:

With enabled Meridian Flip and Scheduler->Alignment-> "Verify captured image position" + "Reset pipeline if delta exceeds"

when re-alignment triggers together with meridian flip, meridian flip gets interrupted and aborted by re-alignment, causing MF not occurring, job not resume, and mount eventually hitting HA limit and/or hardware limit