UI freeze MiKTeX extraction

[oleh-dreval-swidget]

Type of JetBrains IDE (IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.) and version

CLion 2023.2.2
Build #CL-232.9921.42, built on September 12, 2023
Licensed to Oleg Dreval
Subscription is active until December 9, 2023.
Runtime version: 17.0.8+7-b1000.22 amd64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Windows 10.0
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 4096M
Cores: 16
Registry:
run.processes.with.pty=TRUE
debugger.attach.dialog.enabled=true
cidr.max.intellisense.file.length=1000000

Operating System

Windows 10 19045.3570

TeXiFy IDEA version

0.9.1

What I did (steps to reproduce)

Install TeXiFy, open IDE

Minimal example to reproduce the problem

Any project, even with no .tex files at all

Expected behavior

No IDE freeze

Actual behavior

IDE freezes for indefinite time, UI is not responding.
The only way to load IDE after installing the plugin is to run clion.exe disableNonBundledPlugins

(if applicable) The full stacktrace of the exception thrown

Also please see attached log file ide.log

2023-11-15 17:21:46,226 [   4202]   INFO - STDERR - [ApplicationImpl pooled thread 2] INFO org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.tar.TarXZUnArchiver - Expanding: C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\a0poster-src.tar.xz into C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\latex
2023-11-15 17:21:46,248 [   4224]   INFO - STDERR - [ApplicationImpl pooled thread 2] INFO org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.tar.TarXZUnArchiver - Expanding: C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\aastex-src.tar.xz into C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\latex
2023-11-15 17:21:46,279 [   4255]   INFO - STDERR - [ApplicationImpl pooled thread 2] INFO org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.tar.TarXZUnArchiver - Expanding: C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\abnt-src.tar.xz into C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\latex
2023-11-15 17:21:46,279 [   4255]   INFO - STDERR - [ApplicationImpl pooled thread 2] INFO org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.tar.TarXZUnArchiver - Expanding: C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\accents-src.tar.xz into C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\latex
2023-11-15 17:21:46,294 [   4270]   INFO - STDERR - [ApplicationImpl pooled thread 2] INFO org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.tar.TarXZUnArchiver - Expanding: C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\accessibility-src.tar.xz into C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\latex
2023-11-15 17:21:46,310 [   4286]   INFO - STDERR - [ApplicationImpl pooled thread 2] INFO org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.tar.TarXZUnArchiver - Expanding: C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\accsupp-src.tar.xz into C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\latex
... etc

[PHPirates]

May I ask how you concluded that it is the archive unzipping that leads to the UI freeze?

[oleh-dreval-swidget]

I'm not 100% sure that unzipping causes the freeze, but this is the most obvious thing I saw in the log and it seems a bit excessive. Does it really need to do all these operations on every startup?

[PHPirates]

Okay that makes sense! Then I'm guessing this issue is related to #3302 and #3279,

Did the freeze happen multiple times or just once?

Yes, because MiKTeX wants it to be like that, we have to unzip before we can get at package sources. I tried to silence the logging but didn't know how to do it.

[oleh-dreval-swidget]

I never had enough patience to wait until it unfreezes. It seems to be starting from the beginning each time IDE restarts though.

[oleh-dreval-swidget]

@PHPirates do you have any updates on this issue, perhaps there is a known workaround? I really want to try the plugin but still can't get IDE to load when it is enabled.
Can I help investigating the problem somehow?

[PHPirates]

I think I know what the problem is, somehow the extraction of the zip files is blocking the UI. I will try to fix that.
I need to look at the log in more detail, because I just noticed something strange:

TEXIFY-IDEA - Exception when trying to extract MiKTeX source files: Error while expanding C:\Users\OlehDreval\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\source\montex-src.tar.bz2

then after it finishes extracting, it just seems to start from the beginning leading to an infinite loop maybe. It's a huge number of packages you have installed, which makes the problem much more visible.

[PHPirates]

Oh and regarding workarounds, yes just disable indexing. https://hannah-sten.github.io/TeXiFy-IDEA/texify-settings.html#enable-indexing-of-miktex-tex-live-package-files

[oleh-dreval-swidget]

Thank you for looking into this.
I wish I could try disabling indexing, but whenever I enable the plugin, the IDE instantly becomes unresponsive after restart, so I can't even get to the settings. Is it possible to disable this from the config files somehow?

[PHPirates]

Oh I didn't think of that. I think so, but maybe easier to just install this version: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/download?rel=true&updateId=447793

[oleh-dreval-swidget]

This version works without freezes, thanks!