Regression: File browser shows all folders as empty if opened too soon #121235

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Dvorakir · 2024-04-29T23:57:42+02:00

Dvorakir commented

2024-04-29 23:57:42 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.34

Blender Version
Broken: version: 4.2.0 Alpha, branch: main, commit date: 2024-04-29 02:32, hash: 3a5389d5abe0
Broken: version: 4.1.1, branch: blender-v4.1-release, commit date: 2024-04-15 15:11, hash: e1743a0317bc
Worked: 4.0.2
Caused by 3fcd9c9425

Short description of error
If the file browser is opened too soon after blender has started up, it will show all folders as containing "No items". The refresh button does nothing, and the only way to get files to show up is to close and reopen the file browser.

This seems to be related to loading of asset libraries; when blender is started, there's a brief green loading state displayed on the taskbar button, and the bug will happen if you open the file browser before or while blender is in this state.
It does not happen with factory settings, but as soon as I added two of my asset libraries the bug would reoccur.

I was able to reproduce the bug by creating several copies of a dummy asset library containing 500 files. The more large asset libraries you have, the more time the loading state will take.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

download the attached asset library and extract it somewhere
run the following python script inside the "dummy assets" directory, which will make 500 copies of the assetcube1.blend file

import os
import shutil

for num in range(500):
  shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "./assetcube1.blend"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), f"./assetcube{num+2}.blend"))

make several copies of the dummy asset library folder and add them all to Blender as asset libraries.
restart blender and you will see the loading state
open the file browser before the loading state finishes
the loading state will be much faster on subsequent startups of blender, but if you are fast enough you should run into the bug!

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.34 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 4.2.0 Alpha, branch: main, commit date: 2024-04-29 02:32, hash: `3a5389d5abe0` Broken: version: 4.1.1, branch: blender-v4.1-release, commit date: 2024-04-15 15:11, hash: `e1743a0317bc` Worked: 4.0.2 Caused by 3fcd9c9425 **Short description of error** If the file browser is opened too soon after blender has started up, it will show all folders as containing "No items". The refresh button does nothing, and the only way to get files to show up is to close and reopen the file browser. <video src="/attachments/d3b958cb-2113-4b47-b845-d1beddda6238" title="browser empty.mp4" controls></video> This seems to be related to loading of asset libraries; when blender is started, there's a brief green loading state displayed on the taskbar button, and the bug will happen if you open the file browser before or while blender is in this state. It does not happen with factory settings, but as soon as I added two of my asset libraries the bug would reoccur. I was able to reproduce the bug by creating several copies of a dummy asset library containing 500 files. The more large asset libraries you have, the more time the loading state will take. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** 1. download the attached asset library and extract it somewhere 2. run the following python script inside the "dummy assets" directory, which will make 500 copies of the assetcube1.blend file ```py import os import shutil for num in range(500): shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "./assetcube1.blend"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), f"./assetcube{num+2}.blend")) ``` 3. make several copies of the dummy asset library folder and add them all to Blender as asset libraries. ![image](/attachments/21eb4b3c-7a1b-427f-914b-5dfa8c24120e) 4. restart blender and you will see the loading state ![2024-04-29_23-38-21.gif](/attachments/6d744d7d-e89f-40d8-8237-fed984084dd6) 5. open the file browser before the loading state finishes the loading state will be much faster on subsequent startups of blender, but if you are fast enough you should run into the bug!

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Dvorakir added the

labels 2024-04-29 23:57:42 +02:00

Iliya Katushenock changed title from ~~File browser shows all folders as empty if opened too soon~~ to Regression: File browser shows all folders as empty if opened too soon

2024-04-30 00:04:47 +02:00

Iliya Katushenock added the

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Regression: File browser shows all folders as empty if opened too soon #121235