scripts-blender/addons/blender_kitsu/auth/ops.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from typing import Dict, List, Set, Optional, Tuple, Any
 
 import bpy
+import threading
 
 from blender_kitsu import cache, prefs, gazu
 
@@ -123,6 +124,12 @@ def auto_login_on_file_open():
     if not session.is_auth():
         bpy.ops.kitsu.session_start()
 
+
+# TODO move threading logic into kitsu.session_start() so all logins are BG threaded
+def thread_login():
+    x = threading.Thread(target=auto_login_on_file_open, daemon=True)
+
+
 # ---------REGISTER ----------.
 
 classes = [
@@ -139,7 +146,7 @@ def register():
     # it automatically un-registers after it runs.
     # FIXME: XXX This makes Blender hang if there is no Internet connectivity
     # TODO: Rewrite this, so the 'auto' login happens out of the main thread
-    bpy.app.timers.register(auto_login_on_file_open, first_interval=0.2)
+    bpy.app.timers.register(thread_login, first_interval=0.2)
 
 
 def unregister():