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Thunderbird - high CPU load in File Save dialog
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Description

Whenever I save an attachment, one CPU core is at 100% load, while the save dialog is open.
The same thing happens when saving an existing mail itself to a file.
(it does not matter by which of the many menus the dialog is invoked)

HOWEVER, only the dialogs in this narrow context seem to be affected.
"Open message in new window" -> File -> Save as -> File: still affected
"New message" -> File -> Save as -> File: not affected
Also, all other Open/Save dialogs I could find are not affected.

As it depends a lot on the context in which a dialog is used, it indicates to me that neither the dialog itself is the problem, nor something it tries to load (like a blocking netshare, but I don't have any network shares anyway)
It should be noted that I get native KDE Plasma file dialogs

I could imagine there's a problem in the way (parameters) those specific dialogs are opened.

Event Timeline

Caliga created this task.Jul 11 2019, 14:34
Caliga updated the task description. (Show Details)

If this is an issue with Thunderbird, it should be filed upstream

jeremiah.foster changed the task status from Open to Incomplete.Jan 22 2021, 11:42
jeremiah.foster triaged this task as Wishlist priority.