[BUG] Freezes and "Not responding" when reloading script engine on Windows

[o-l-a-v]

• QOwnNotes v24.5.1 in portable mode.
• Windows 11 23H2, 22631.3447

Expected behaviour

Reloading script engine with one simple script that only set some colors should be almost instant.

Script in question, but I don't think the script in itself matters:

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import QtQml 2.0
QtObject {
  function init() {
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QWidget {
        /*background-color: #191A21;*/
        selection-background-color: #44475A;
        selection-color: #F8F8F2;
      }"
    );
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QListView:focus {
        color: #F8F8F2
      }"
    );
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QWidget:item:selected {
        background-color: #44475A;
        color: #F8F8F2;
      }"
    );
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QLineEdit, QLineEdit:active {
        background-color: #282A36;
        color: #F8F8F2;
      }"
    );
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QMarkdownTextEdit {
        background: #282A36;
      }"
    )
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QListView, QTableView, QTreeView {
        background: #282A36;
      }"
    );
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QListView::item:pressed, QTableView::item:pressed, QTreeView::item:pressed {
        background: #44475A;
        color: #F8F8F2;
      }"
    );
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QListView::item:selected:active, QTableView::item:selected:active, QTreeView::item:selected:active {
        background: #44475A;
        color: #F8F8F2;
      }"
    );
    script.addStyleSheet(
      "QListView::item:selected:hover, QTableView::item:selected:hover, QTreeView::item:selected:hover {
        background: #44475A;
        color: #F8F8F2;
      }"
    );
  }
}

Actual behaviour

QOwnNotes freezes for many seconds and becomes "Not responding".

Steps to reproduce

• Download fresh QOwnNotes ZIP from GH releases
• Start in portable mode to not inherit previous settings and data qownnotes --portable
• Go to script settings, add local script by path. QOwnNotes freezes for maybe 20 seconds.
• Once script is loaded and settings are saved, doing:
  • Scripting -> Reload script engine takes about 5 seconds
  • Scripting -> Script settings (takes about 3 seconds to open) -> Reload script engine takes about 60 seconds.

Output from the debug section in the settings dialog

Almost no changes from a newly downloaded QOwnNotes, running with --portable.

Relevant log output in the Log panel

I enabled all log categories. Here are the output of doing it from Scripting -> Reload script engine.

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[09:02:46] [scripting] loading script file: C:/Users/olav.birkeland/Desktop/QOwnNotes/Data/scripts/QOwnNotes-Script-Theme_text_highlighting.qml
[09:02:50] [status] The scripting engine was reloaded

Microsoft Process Monitor

As QOwnNotes didn't produce much info on what's happening here I looked for other ways to get info. I fired up Microsoft Process Monitor / procmon ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon ). When reloading script engine procmon fills up with this (tens of thousands of lines):

And some registry access in between once in a while:

[o-l-a-v]

This happens when simply opening "Settings" too. It takes about 5 seconds. The only log output is the following:

[09:11:56] [debug] cloudConnection: CloudConnection: <id>1 <name>"Default" <serverUrl>"" <username>"" <accountId>"" <priority>1

procmon spams the same lines as the first screenshot shows.

---

If theres anything else I can do to provide debug info; tell me and I'll try to provide it. 😊

[pbek]

You didn't share your settings, hard to get a closer look...
Can you please post the output from the Debug settings in the settings dialog?

So you ran QOwnNotes from a folder QOwnNotes on your desktop? What's that file (or folder) it wants to create? @2x looks like an image upscaling CSS attribute... How does your notes look?
Does the same happen with only the welcome notes and another script from the script repository?

[o-l-a-v]

As described in the original issue: This is a clean ZIP from GitHub releases, only change I made was to add that local script and set theme to Dracula. That's it.

Notes are just the standard ones supplied by QOwnNotes when creating a new note folder.

Heres the output of debug.

Click to expand

QOwnNotes Debug Information

General Info

Current Date: Wed May 8 15:19:50 2024
Version: 24.5.1
Build date: May 5 2024
Build number: 1097
Platform: windows (windows)
Operating System: Windows 10 Version 2009
Build architecture: x86_64
Current architecture: x86_64
Release: GitHub Actions
Qt Version (build): 5.15.2
Qt Version (runtime): 5.15.2
Portable mode: yes
Settings path / key: C:/Users/olav.birkeland/Desktop/QOwnNotes/Data/PBE/QOwnNotes.ini
Application database path: C:\Users\olav.birkeland\Desktop\QOwnNotes\Data\QOwnNotes.sqlite
Application arguments: QOwnNotes.exe, --portable
Qt Debug: 0
Locale (system): en_SE
Locale (interface): empty
Primary screen resolution: 1280x720
Screen resolution(s): 1280x720, 1280x800, 1280x720
Icon theme: breeze-dark-qownnotes
Notes in current note folder: 2
Calendar items: 0
Enabled scripts: 1
Database drivers: QSQLITE, QODBC, QODBC3, QPSQL, QPSQL7

Server Info

serverUrl: empty
appIsValid: no
notesPathExists: empty
connectionErrorMessage: empty

Spellchecking

Enabled: false
Selected language: empty
Language codes: empty
Language names: empty
Application dictionaries path: C:\Users\olav.birkeland\Desktop\QOwnNotes\Data\dicts

Note folders

currentNoteFolderId: 1

Note folder default

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
activeTagId: 0
localPath: C:\Users\olav.birkeland\Desktop\QOwnNotes\Data\Notes
remotePath: Notes
cloudConnectionId: 1
isShowSubfolders: yes
isUseGit: no
allowDifferentNoteFileName: no
activeNoteSubFolder name: empty
database file: C:\Users\olav.birkeland\Desktop\QOwnNotes\Data\Notes\notes.sqlite

Cloud connections

Cloud connection Default

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
serverUrl: empty
username: empty
accountId: empty

Enabled scripts

Script QOwnNotes-Script-Theme_text_highlighting

id: 1
path: C:\Users\olav.birkeland\Desktop\QOwnNotes\Data\scripts\QOwnNotes-Script-Theme_text_highlighting.qml
variablesJson: empty

Settings

ActiveNoteHistoryItem (NoteHistoryItem): <binary data>
Debug/fakeOldVersionNumber (QString): false
Debug/fileLogging (QString): false
Editor/CurrentSchemaKey (QString): EditorColorSchema-c061a447-35ef-41b5-8b4a-80ff7f7d448d
Editor/autoBracketClosing (QString): true
Editor/autoBracketRemoval (QString): true
Editor/disableCursorBlinking (QString): false
Editor/editorWidthInDFMOnly (QString): true
Editor/highlightCurrentLine (QString): true
Editor/indentSize (QString): 4
Editor/removeTrailingSpaces (QString): false
Editor/showLineNumbers (QString): false
Editor/useTabIndent (QString): false
Editor/vimMode (QString): false
FileDialog/LastPath (QString): C:/Users/olav.birkeland/Desktop/QOwnNotes/Data/scripts
FileDialog/LastPath-ScriptPath (QString): C:/Users/olav.birkeland/Desktop/QOwnNotes/Data/scripts
LastUpdateCheck (QDateTime): 2024-05-08T15:19:01.336
LogWidget/criticalLog (QString): true
LogWidget/debugLog (QString): true
LogWidget/fatalLog (QString): true
LogWidget/infoLog (QString): true
LogWidget/scriptingLog (QString): true
LogWidget/statusLog (QString): true
LogWidget/warningLog (QString): true
MainWindow/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
MainWindow/mainToolBar.iconSize (QString): 24
MainWindow/menuBarGeometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
MainWindow/noteTextEdit.code.font (QString): Courier New,9,-1,2,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextEdit.font (QString): MS Shell Dlg 2,8,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.code.font (QString): Courier New,9,-1,2,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.font (QString): MS Shell Dlg 2,8,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.ignoreCodeFontSize (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.refreshDebounceTime (QString): 600
MainWindow/noteTextView.rtl (QString): false
MainWindow/noteTextView.underline (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.useEditorStyles (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.useInternalExportStyling (QString): true
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabNameList (QString): Welcome to QOwnNotes
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabStickinessList: empty
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabSubFolderPathDataList (QString): empty
NoteHistory-1 (QVariantList): <variant list with 2 item(s)>
NoteHistoryCurrentIndex-1 (QString): 1
PiwikClientId (QString): <hidden>
ScriptRepositoryDialog/mainSplitterState (QByteArray): <binary data>
SearchEngineId (QString): 2
SettingsDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
SettingsDialog/mainSplitterState (QByteArray): <binary data>
ShowSystemTray (QString): false
StartHidden (QString): false
WelcomeDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
acceptAllExternalModifications (QString): false
allowNoteEditing (bool): true
allowOnlyOneAppInstance (QString): true
appMetrics/disableAppHeartbeat (QString): false
appMetrics/disableTracking (QString): false
appMetrics/notificationShown (QString): true
autoReadOnlyMode (QString): false
autoReadOnlyModeTimeout (QString): 30
automaticNoteFolderDatabaseClosing (QString): false
checkSpelling (bool): false
closeTodoListAfterSave (QString): false
cryptoKey (QString): <hidden>
currentNoteFolderId (QString): 1
currentWorkspace (QString): initial
cursorWidth (QString): 1
darkMode (QString): true
darkModeColors (QString): true
darkModeIconTheme (QString): true
darkModeTrayIcon (QString): true
defaultNoteFileExtension (QString): md
demoNotesCreated (QString): true
disableAutomaticUpdateDialog (QString): true
disableSavedSearchesAutoCompletion (QString): false
dockWasInitializedOnce (QString): true
enableNoteTree (QString): false
enableSocketServer (QString): true
enableWebAppSupport (QString): false
externalEditorPath (QString): empty
fullyHighlightedBlockquotes (QString): false
gitCommitInterval (QString): 30
gitExecutablePath (QString): empty
gitLogCommand (QString): empty
guiFirstRunInit (bool): true
ignoreAllExternalModifications (QString): false
ignoreAllExternalNoteFolderChanges (QString): false
ignoreNoteSubFolders (QString): ^\.
ignoredNoteFiles (QString): empty
imageScaleDown (QString): false
imageScaleDownMaximumHeight (QString): 1024
imageScaleDownMaximumWidth (QString): 1024
initialLayoutIdentifier (QString): minimal
insertTimeFormat (QString): empty
interfaceFontSize (QString): 11
interfaceLanguage (QString): empty
internalIconTheme (QString): false
itemHeight (QString): 15
legacyLinking (QString): false
localTrash/autoCleanupDays (QString): 30
localTrash/autoCleanupEnabled (QString): true
localTrash/supportEnabled (QString): true
markdownHighlightingEnabled (QString): true
navigationPanelAutoSelect (QString): true
navigationPanelHideSearch (QString): false
networking/ignoreSSLErrors (QString): true
networking/proxyType (QString): 2
newNoteAskHeadline (QString): false
noteEditIsCentralWidget (QString): true
noteFileExtensionList (QStringList): md, txt
noteListPreview (QString): false
noteSaveIntervalTime (QString): 10
noteSubfoldersPanelDisplayAsFullTree (QString): true
noteSubfoldersPanelHideSearch (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelOrder (QString): 0
noteSubfoldersPanelShowFullPath (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelShowNotesRecursively (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelShowRootFolderName (QString): true
noteSubfoldersPanelSort (QString): 0
noteSubfoldersPanelTabsUnsetAllNotesSelection (QString): false
notesPanelOrder (QString): 0
notesPanelSort (QString): 1
notesPath (QString): Notes
notifyAllExternalModifications (QString): false
overrideInterfaceFontSize (QString): false
ownCloud/supportEnabled (QString): false
ownCloud/todoCalendarBackend (QString): 3
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVPassword (QString): <hidden>
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVServerUrl (QString): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVUsername (QString): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarCloudConnectionId (QString): 1
ownCloud/todoCalendarDisplayNameList: empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarEnabledList: empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarEnabledUrlList: empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarUrlList: empty
ownCloudInfo/appIsValid (bool): false
ownCloudInfo/connectionErrorMessage (QString): empty
ownCloudInfo/notesPathExistsText (QString): empty
ownCloudInfo/serverVersion (QString): empty
restoreCursorPosition (QString): true
restoreLastNoteAtStartup (QString): true
restoreNoteTabs (QString): true
showMatches (QString): true
showMenuBar (bool): true
showStatusBar (bool): true
startInReadOnlyMode (QString): false
systemIconTheme (QString): false
taggingShowNotesRecursively (QString): false
tagsPanelHideNoteCount (QString): false
tagsPanelHideSearch (QString): false
tagsPanelOrder (QString): 0
tagsPanelSort (QString): 0
todoCalendarSupport (QString): true
toolbar/1/items (QStringList): action_New_note, action_Find_note, action_Remove_note, action_Open_note_in_external_editor, actionShow_local_trash, actionAllow_note_editing, , action_Back_in_note_history, action_Forward_in_note_history, , action_Find_text_in_note, actionReplace_in_current_note, , actionShow_versions, actionShow_trash, actionShare_note, , actionShow_Todo_List
toolbar/1/name (QString): mainToolBar
toolbar/1/title (QString): main toolbar
toolbar/2/items (QStringList): actionFormat_text_bold, actionFormat_text_italic, actionStrike_out_text, actionInsert_code_block, actionInsert_block_quote
toolbar/2/name (QString): formattingToolbar
toolbar/2/title (QString): formatting toolbar
toolbar/3/items (QStringList): actionInsert_text_link, actionInsert_image, actionInsert_current_time
toolbar/3/name (QString): insertingToolbar
toolbar/3/title (QString): inserting toolbar
toolbar/4/items (QStringList): action_Encrypt_note, actionEdit_encrypted_note, actionDecrypt_note
toolbar/4/name (QString): encryptionToolbar
toolbar/4/title (QString): encryption toolbar
toolbar/5/items (QStringList): actionWorkspaceComboBox, actionStore_as_new_workspace, actionRemove_current_workspace, actionRename_current_workspace, actionSwitch_to_previous_workspace, actionUnlock_panels, , actionToggle_distraction_free_mode, action_Increase_note_text_size, action_Decrease_note_text_size, action_Reset_note_text_size
toolbar/5/name (QString): windowToolbar
toolbar/5/title (QString): window toolbar
toolbar/6/items (QString): action_Quit
toolbar/6/name (QString): quitToolbar
toolbar/6/title (QString): quit toolbar
toolbar/size (QString): 6
useNoteFolderButtons (QString): false
useUNIXNewline (QString): false
webAppClientService/serverUrl (QString): wss://app.qownnotes.org
webAppClientService/token (QString): <hidden>
webSocketServerService/bookmarksNoteName (QString): Bookmarks
webSocketServerService/bookmarksTag (QString): bookmarks
webSocketServerService/commandSnippetsNoteName (QString): Commands
webSocketServerService/commandSnippetsTag (QString): commands
webSocketServerService/port (QString): 22222
workspace-initial/name (QString): Minimal
workspace-initial/noteSubFolderDockWidgetVisible (QString): true
workspace-initial/windowState (QByteArray): <binary data>
workspaces (QString): initial

System environment

ALLUSERSPROFILE: C:\ProgramData
APPDATA: C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Roaming
CHASSIS: Notebook
ChocolateyInstall: C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\
ChocolateyLastPathUpdate: 133350220429262514
ChocolateyToolsLocation: Z:\Tools\
CommonProgramFiles: C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86): C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432: C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME: D3Z7NN3
ComSpec: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
DriverData: C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
EFC_12276: 1
FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING: Internet Explorer
FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING: Default
HOMEDRIVE: C:
HOMEPATH: \Users\olav.birkeland
IGCCSVC_DB: AQAAANCMnd8BFdERjHoAwE/Cl+sBAAAAaLuqtdJx1UmFb2iGEVxcqwQAAAACAAAAAAAQZgAAAAEAACAAAABg1Shx7coF1eXG1RPqiUoNkxYE4ukZZcyHj46jzHTbwwAAAAAOgAAAAAIAACAAAACr7KViAW9h8Z8K0s0lh0OBHHvQPHY19Antcn4jX6srwWAAAABxr0+6sA/jIRGtzKAjlX/PwI/nZ0GxvEVhRHlGdp0mmTsEKFzDDyI7MbklDpAPptPo3itdmPQwCJgCmsSLiV82/lN+Lxh2XefdeEl2neetKGDx1tl4Uab4b6gr7/+vUhtAAAAA1ZO5cNM1ns7JmiAMe4nvrK8XMzHrKcXtNb0eVLtk0A0g1LGuryj4WgI+pd2XmvRSbM+49b2VykGrHKMa+OdDiQ==
LIBJABRA_TRACE_LEVEL: debug
LOCALAPPDATA: C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER: \\D3Z7NN3
MODEL: 5570
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS: 20
OS: Windows_NT
Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\wbin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Scripts;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links;C:\Program Files\Azure Data Studio\bin;C:\Program Files\Cloudflare\Cloudflare WARP\;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files\gsudo\Current;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts\;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Launcher\;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Programs\Bicep CLI;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Programs\Various;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\unetbootin.unetbootin_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Programs\Bicep CLI;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Google\Android Platform-Tools;C:\Program Files\Azure Data Studio\bin;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\pbek.QOwnNotes_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\.dotnet\tools;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerShell\Scripts;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\.bun\bin;
PATHEXT: .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
POWERSHELL_DISTRIBUTION_CHANNEL: MSI:Windows 10 Enterprise
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE: AMD64
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER: Intel64 Family 6 Model 154 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL: 6
PROCESSOR_REVISION: 9a03
ProgramData: C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles: C:\Program Files
ProgramFiles(x86): C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramW6432: C:\Program Files
PROMPT: $P$G
PSModulePath: C:\Users\olav.birkeland\scoop\modules;C:\Users\olav.birkeland\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerShell\Modules;%OneDriveCommercial%\Documents\PowerShell\Modules;
PUBLIC: C:\Users\Public
SERIAL: D3Z7NN3
SESSIONNAME: Console
SystemDrive: C:
SystemRoot: C:\WINDOWS
TEMP: C:\Users\OLAV~1.BIR\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP: C:\Users\OLAV~1.BIR\AppData\Local\Temp
TYPE: PRECISION
USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE: <redacted>
USERNAME: olav.birkeland
USERPROFILE: C:\Users\olav.birkeland
windir: C:\WINDOWS
ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN: 1
QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE: true

[o-l-a-v]

I created a clean Hyper-V VM from Microsoft official ISO en-us_windows_11_consumer_editions_version_23h2_updated_april_2024_x64_dvd_d986680b.iso. Chose Windows 11 Pro. Created a local user, then all I did was installing Windows Updates and reboot.

Then:

• Downloaded QOwnNotes.zip v24.5.1, extracted it to Desktop.
• Opened QOwnNotes.exe not in portable mode.
• Installed script "Black mode" using the built in script installer.
  • https://github.com/qownnotes/scripts/tree/master/black-mode
• Applied script: Took about 5 seconds.
• Scripts -> Reload script engine was fast, did not freeze QOwnNotes and make it "Not responding".
• Scripts -> Script settings -> Reload script engine froze QOwnNotes for about 5 seconds and made "Not responding" appear.

I don't see the same pattern in Process Monitor, but I see something that looks like telemetry that seemingly takes 2-3 seconds?

Output of debug:

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QOwnNotes Debug Information

General Info

Current Date: Wed May 8 16:16:45 2024
Version: 24.5.1
Build date: May 5 2024
Build number: 1097
Platform: windows (windows)
Operating System: Windows 10 Version 2009
Build architecture: x86_64
Current architecture: x86_64
Release: GitHub Actions
Qt Version (build): 5.15.2
Qt Version (runtime): 5.15.2
Portable mode: no
Settings path / key: \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PBE\QOwnNotes
Application database path: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Roaming\PBE\QOwnNotes\QOwnNotes.sqlite
Application arguments: C:\Users\localuser\Desktop\QOwnNotes\QOwnNotes.exe
Qt Debug: 0
Locale (system): en_US
Locale (interface): empty
Primary screen resolution: 1024x768
Icon theme: breeze-dark-qownnotes
Notes in current note folder: 2
Calendar items: 0
Enabled scripts: 1
Database drivers: QSQLITE, QODBC, QODBC3, QPSQL, QPSQL7

Server Info

serverUrl: empty
appIsValid: yes
notesPathExists: empty
serverVersion: empty
appVersion: empty

Spellchecking

Enabled: false
Selected language: empty
Language codes: empty
Language names: empty
Application dictionaries path: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Roaming\PBE\QOwnNotes\dicts

Note folders

currentNoteFolderId: 1

Note folder default

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
activeTagId: 0
localPath: C:\Users\localuser\Notes
remotePath: Notes
cloudConnectionId: 1
isShowSubfolders: yes
isUseGit: no
allowDifferentNoteFileName: no
activeNoteSubFolder name: empty
database file: C:\Users\localuser\Notes\notes.sqlite

Cloud connections

Cloud connection Default

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
serverUrl: empty
username: empty
accountId: empty

Enabled scripts

Script Black mode

id: 1
path: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Roaming\PBE\QOwnNotes\scripts\black-mode\black-mode.qml
variablesJson:

{
    "customStylesheet": ""
}

identifier: black-mode
version: 0.0.1
minAppVersion: 17.05.7

Settings

Debug/fakeOldVersionNumber (QString): false
Debug/fileLogging (QString): false
Editor/CurrentSchemaKey (QString): EditorColorSchema-cdbf28fc-1ddc-4d13-bb21-6a4043316a2f
Editor/autoBracketClosing (QString): true
Editor/autoBracketRemoval (QString): true
Editor/disableCursorBlinking (QString): false
Editor/editorWidthInDFMOnly (QString): true
Editor/highlightCurrentLine (QString): true
Editor/indentSize (int): 4
Editor/removeTrailingSpaces (QString): false
Editor/showLineNumbers (QString): false
Editor/useTabIndent (QString): false
Editor/vimMode (QString): false
LastUpdateCheck (QDateTime): 2024-05-08T16:09:16.727
MainWindow/mainToolBar.iconSize (int): 24
MainWindow/noteTextEdit.code.font (QString): Courier New,11,-1,2,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextEdit.font (QString): MS Shell Dlg 2,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.code.font (QString): Courier New,9,-1,2,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.font (QString): MS Shell Dlg 2,8.25,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.ignoreCodeFontSize (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.refreshDebounceTime (int): 600
MainWindow/noteTextView.rtl (QString): false
MainWindow/noteTextView.underline (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.useEditorStyles (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.useInternalExportStyling (QString): true
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabNameList (QStringList): Welcome to QOwnNotes
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabStickinessList (QStringList): empty
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabSubFolderPathDataList (QStringList): empty
NoteHistory-1 (QVariantList): <variant list with 1 item(s)>
NoteHistoryCurrentIndex-1 (int): 0
PiwikClientId (QString): <hidden>
ScriptRepositoryDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
ScriptRepositoryDialog/mainSplitterState (QByteArray): <binary data>
SearchEngineId (int): 2
SettingsDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
SettingsDialog/mainSplitterState (QByteArray): <binary data>
ShowSystemTray (QString): false
StartHidden (QString): false
WelcomeDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
acceptAllExternalModifications (QString): false
allowNoteEditing (QString): true
allowOnlyOneAppInstance (QString): true
appMetrics/disableAppHeartbeat (QString): false
appMetrics/disableTracking (QString): false
appMetrics/notificationShown (QString): true
autoReadOnlyMode (QString): false
autoReadOnlyModeTimeout (int): 30
automaticNoteFolderDatabaseClosing (QString): false
checkSpelling (QString): false
closeTodoListAfterSave (QString): false
cryptoKey (qlonglong): <hidden>
currentNoteFolderId (int): 1
currentWorkspace (QString): initial
cursorWidth (int): 1
darkMode (QString): true
darkModeColors (QString): true
darkModeIconTheme (QString): true
darkModeTrayIcon (QString): true
defaultNoteFileExtension (QString): md
demoNotesCreated (QString): true
disableAutomaticUpdateDialog (QString): true
disableSavedSearchesAutoCompletion (QString): false
dockWasInitializedOnce (QString): true
enableNoteTree (QString): false
enableSocketServer (QString): true
enableWebAppSupport (QString): false
externalEditorPath (QString): empty
fullyHighlightedBlockquotes (QString): false
gitCommitInterval (int): 30
gitExecutablePath (QString): empty
gitLogCommand (QString): empty
guiFirstRunInit (QString): true
ignoreAllExternalModifications (QString): false
ignoreAllExternalNoteFolderChanges (QString): false
ignoreNoteSubFolders (QString): ^\.
ignoredNoteFiles (QString): empty
imageScaleDown (QString): false
imageScaleDownMaximumHeight (int): 1024
imageScaleDownMaximumWidth (int): 1024
initialLayoutIdentifier (QString): minimal
insertTimeFormat (QString): empty
interfaceFontSize (int): 11
interfaceLanguage (QString): empty
internalIconTheme (QString): false
itemHeight (int): 15
legacyLinking (QString): false
localTrash/autoCleanupDays (int): 30
localTrash/autoCleanupEnabled (QString): true
localTrash/supportEnabled (QString): true
markdownHighlightingEnabled (QString): true
navigationPanelAutoSelect (QString): true
navigationPanelHideSearch (QString): false
networking/ignoreSSLErrors (QString): true
networking/proxyType (int): 2
newNoteAskHeadline (QString): false
noteEditIsCentralWidget (QString): true
noteFileExtensionList (QStringList): md, txt
noteListPreview (QString): false
noteSaveIntervalTime (int): 10
noteSubfoldersPanelDisplayAsFullTree (QString): true
noteSubfoldersPanelHideSearch (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelOrder (int): 0
noteSubfoldersPanelShowFullPath (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelShowNotesRecursively (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelShowRootFolderName (QString): true
noteSubfoldersPanelSort (int): 0
noteSubfoldersPanelTabsUnsetAllNotesSelection (QString): false
notesPanelOrder (int): 0
notesPanelSort (int): 1
notesPath (QString): C:/Users/localuser/Notes
notifyAllExternalModifications (QString): false
overrideInterfaceFontSize (QString): false
ownCloud/supportEnabled (QString): false
ownCloud/todoCalendarBackend (int): 3
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVPassword (QString): <hidden>
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVServerUrl (QString): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVUsername (QString): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarCloudConnectionId (int): 1
ownCloud/todoCalendarDisplayNameList (QStringList): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarEnabledList (QStringList): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarEnabledUrlList (QStringList): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarUrlList (QStringList): empty
ownCloudInfo/appIsValid (QString): true
ownCloudInfo/connectionErrorMessage (QString): empty
ownCloudInfo/notesPathExistsText (QString): empty
ownCloudInfo/serverVersion (QString): empty
restoreCursorPosition (QString): true
restoreLastNoteAtStartup (QString): true
restoreNoteTabs (QString): true
showMatches (QString): true
showMenuBar (QString): true
showStatusBar (QString): true
startInReadOnlyMode (QString): false
systemIconTheme (QString): false
taggingShowNotesRecursively (QString): false
tagsPanelHideNoteCount (QString): false
tagsPanelHideSearch (QString): false
tagsPanelOrder (int): 0
tagsPanelSort (int): 0
todoCalendarSupport (QString): true
toolbar/1/items (QStringList): action_New_note, action_Find_note, action_Remove_note, action_Open_note_in_external_editor, actionShow_local_trash, actionAllow_note_editing, , action_Back_in_note_history, action_Forward_in_note_history, , action_Find_text_in_note, actionReplace_in_current_note, , actionShow_versions, actionShow_trash, actionShare_note, , actionShow_Todo_List
toolbar/1/name (QString): mainToolBar
toolbar/1/title (QString): main toolbar
toolbar/2/items (QStringList): actionFormat_text_bold, actionFormat_text_italic, actionStrike_out_text, actionInsert_code_block, actionInsert_block_quote
toolbar/2/name (QString): formattingToolbar
toolbar/2/title (QString): formatting toolbar
toolbar/3/items (QStringList): actionInsert_text_link, actionInsert_image, actionInsert_current_time
toolbar/3/name (QString): insertingToolbar
toolbar/3/title (QString): inserting toolbar
toolbar/4/items (QStringList): action_Encrypt_note, actionEdit_encrypted_note, actionDecrypt_note
toolbar/4/name (QString): encryptionToolbar
toolbar/4/title (QString): encryption toolbar
toolbar/5/items (QStringList): actionWorkspaceComboBox, actionStore_as_new_workspace, actionRemove_current_workspace, actionRename_current_workspace, actionSwitch_to_previous_workspace, actionUnlock_panels, , actionToggle_distraction_free_mode, action_Increase_note_text_size, action_Decrease_note_text_size, action_Reset_note_text_size
toolbar/5/name (QString): windowToolbar
toolbar/5/title (QString): window toolbar
toolbar/6/items (QStringList): action_Quit
toolbar/6/name (QString): quitToolbar
toolbar/6/title (QString): quit toolbar
toolbar/size (int): 6
useNoteFolderButtons (QString): false
useUNIXNewline (QString): false
webAppClientService/serverUrl (QString): wss://app.qownnotes.org
webAppClientService/token (QString): <hidden>
webSocketServerService/bookmarksNoteName (QString): Bookmarks
webSocketServerService/bookmarksTag (QString): bookmarks
webSocketServerService/commandSnippetsNoteName (QString): Commands
webSocketServerService/commandSnippetsTag (QString): commands
webSocketServerService/port (int): 22222
workspace-initial/name (QString): Minimal
workspace-initial/noteSubFolderDockWidgetVisible (QString): true
workspace-initial/windowState (QByteArray): <binary data>
workspaces (QStringList): initial

System environment

ALLUSERSPROFILE: C:\ProgramData
APPDATA: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Roaming
CommonProgramFiles: C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86): C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432: C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME: W1123H2
ComSpec: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
DriverData: C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
EFC_4560: 1
FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING: Internet Explorer
FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING: Default
HOMEDRIVE: C:
HOMEPATH: \Users\localuser
LOCALAPPDATA: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER: \\W1123H2
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS: 8
OneDrive: C:\Users\localuser\OneDrive
OS: Windows_NT
Path: C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
PATHEXT: .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE: AMD64
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER: Intel64 Family 6 Model 154 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL: 6
PROCESSOR_REVISION: 9a03
ProgramData: C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles: C:\Program Files
ProgramFiles(x86): C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramW6432: C:\Program Files
PSModulePath: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
PUBLIC: C:\Users\Public
SESSIONNAME: Console
SystemDrive: C:
SystemRoot: C:\Windows
TEMP: C:\Users\LOCALU~1\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP: C:\Users\LOCALU~1\AppData\Local\Temp
USERDOMAIN: w1123h2
USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE: w1123h2
USERNAME: localuser
USERPROFILE: C:\Users\localuser
windir: C:\Windows

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I disabled heartbeat and telemtry in settings -> Network. Closed QOwnNotes. Opened QOwnNotes. Scripting -> Script settings -> Reload script engine. Shows the same behavior as when I tested portable mode on my physical machine earlier. Freezes for around 20 seconds maybe. And process monitor is spammed with the same "@2x" thing.

Now debug looks like this:

Click to expand

QOwnNotes Debug Information

General Info

Current Date: Wed May 8 16:23:07 2024
Version: 24.5.1
Build date: May 5 2024
Build number: 1097
Platform: windows (windows)
Operating System: Windows 10 Version 2009
Build architecture: x86_64
Current architecture: x86_64
Release: GitHub Actions
Qt Version (build): 5.15.2
Qt Version (runtime): 5.15.2
Portable mode: no
Settings path / key: \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PBE\QOwnNotes
Application database path: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Roaming\PBE\QOwnNotes\QOwnNotes.sqlite
Application arguments: C:\Users\localuser\Desktop\QOwnNotes\QOwnNotes.exe
Qt Debug: 0
Locale (system): en_US
Locale (interface): empty
Primary screen resolution: 1280x720
Icon theme: breeze-dark-qownnotes
Notes in current note folder: 2
Calendar items: 0
Enabled scripts: 1
Database drivers: QSQLITE, QODBC, QODBC3, QPSQL, QPSQL7

Server Info

serverUrl: empty
appIsValid: no
notesPathExists: empty
connectionErrorMessage: empty

Spellchecking

Enabled: false
Selected language: empty
Language codes: empty
Language names: empty
Application dictionaries path: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Roaming\PBE\QOwnNotes\dicts

Note folders

currentNoteFolderId: 1

Note folder default

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
activeTagId: 0
localPath: C:\Users\localuser\Notes
remotePath: Notes
cloudConnectionId: 1
isShowSubfolders: yes
isUseGit: no
allowDifferentNoteFileName: no
activeNoteSubFolder name: empty
database file: C:\Users\localuser\Notes\notes.sqlite

Cloud connections

Cloud connection Default

id: 1
isCurrent: yes
serverUrl: empty
username: empty
accountId: empty

Enabled scripts

Script Black mode

id: 1
path: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Roaming\PBE\QOwnNotes\scripts\black-mode\black-mode.qml
variablesJson:

{
    "customStylesheet": ""
}

identifier: black-mode
version: 0.0.1
minAppVersion: 17.05.7

Settings

ActiveNoteHistoryItem (NoteHistoryItem): <binary data>
Debug/fakeOldVersionNumber (QString): false
Debug/fileLogging (QString): false
Editor/CurrentSchemaKey (QString): EditorColorSchema-cdbf28fc-1ddc-4d13-bb21-6a4043316a2f
Editor/autoBracketClosing (QString): true
Editor/autoBracketRemoval (QString): true
Editor/disableCursorBlinking (QString): false
Editor/editorWidthInDFMOnly (QString): true
Editor/highlightCurrentLine (QString): true
Editor/indentSize (int): 4
Editor/removeTrailingSpaces (QString): false
Editor/showLineNumbers (QString): false
Editor/useTabIndent (QString): false
Editor/vimMode (QString): false
LastUpdateCheck (QDateTime): 2024-05-08T16:19:56.709
MainWindow/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
MainWindow/mainToolBar.iconSize (int): 24
MainWindow/menuBarGeometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
MainWindow/noteTextEdit.code.font (QString): Courier New,11,-1,2,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextEdit.font (QString): MS Shell Dlg 2,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.code.font (QString): Courier New,9,-1,2,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.font (QString): MS Shell Dlg 2,8.25,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
MainWindow/noteTextView.ignoreCodeFontSize (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.refreshDebounceTime (int): 600
MainWindow/noteTextView.rtl (QString): false
MainWindow/noteTextView.underline (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.useEditorStyles (QString): true
MainWindow/noteTextView.useInternalExportStyling (QString): true
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabNameList (QStringList): Welcome to QOwnNotes
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabStickinessList (QStringList): empty
NoteFolder-1/NoteTabSubFolderPathDataList (QStringList): empty
NoteHistory-1 (QVariantList): <variant list with 1 item(s)>
NoteHistoryCurrentIndex-1 (int): 0
PiwikClientId (QString): <hidden>
ScriptRepositoryDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
ScriptRepositoryDialog/mainSplitterState (QByteArray): <binary data>
SearchEngineId (int): 2
SettingsDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
SettingsDialog/mainSplitterState (QByteArray): <binary data>
ShareDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
ShowSystemTray (QString): false
StartHidden (QString): false
WelcomeDialog/geometry (QByteArray): <binary data>
acceptAllExternalModifications (QString): false
allowNoteEditing (QString): true
allowOnlyOneAppInstance (QString): true
appMetrics/disableAppHeartbeat (QString): true
appMetrics/disableTracking (QString): true
appMetrics/notificationShown (QString): true
autoReadOnlyMode (QString): false
autoReadOnlyModeTimeout (int): 30
automaticNoteFolderDatabaseClosing (QString): false
checkSpelling (QString): false
closeTodoListAfterSave (QString): false
cryptoKey (qlonglong): <hidden>
currentNoteFolderId (int): 1
currentWorkspace (QString): initial
cursorWidth (int): 1
darkMode (QString): true
darkModeColors (QString): true
darkModeIconTheme (QString): true
darkModeTrayIcon (QString): true
defaultNoteFileExtension (QString): md
demoNotesCreated (QString): true
disableAutomaticUpdateDialog (QString): true
disableSavedSearchesAutoCompletion (QString): false
dockWasInitializedOnce (QString): true
enableNoteTree (QString): false
enableSocketServer (QString): true
enableWebAppSupport (QString): false
externalEditorPath (QString): empty
fullyHighlightedBlockquotes (QString): false
gitCommitInterval (int): 30
gitExecutablePath (QString): empty
gitLogCommand (QString): empty
guiFirstRunInit (QString): true
ignoreAllExternalModifications (QString): false
ignoreAllExternalNoteFolderChanges (QString): false
ignoreNoteSubFolders (QString): ^\.
ignoredNoteFiles (QString): empty
imageScaleDown (QString): false
imageScaleDownMaximumHeight (int): 1024
imageScaleDownMaximumWidth (int): 1024
initialLayoutIdentifier (QString): minimal
insertTimeFormat (QString): empty
interfaceFontSize (int): 11
interfaceLanguage (QString): empty
internalIconTheme (QString): false
itemHeight (int): 15
legacyLinking (QString): false
localTrash/autoCleanupDays (int): 30
localTrash/autoCleanupEnabled (QString): true
localTrash/supportEnabled (QString): true
markdownHighlightingEnabled (QString): true
navigationPanelAutoSelect (QString): true
navigationPanelHideSearch (QString): false
networking/ignoreSSLErrors (QString): true
networking/proxyType (int): 2
newNoteAskHeadline (QString): false
noteEditIsCentralWidget (QString): true
noteFileExtensionList (QStringList): md, txt
noteListPreview (QString): false
noteSaveIntervalTime (int): 10
noteSubfoldersPanelDisplayAsFullTree (QString): true
noteSubfoldersPanelHideSearch (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelOrder (int): 0
noteSubfoldersPanelShowFullPath (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelShowNotesRecursively (QString): false
noteSubfoldersPanelShowRootFolderName (QString): true
noteSubfoldersPanelSort (int): 0
noteSubfoldersPanelTabsUnsetAllNotesSelection (QString): false
notesPanelOrder (int): 0
notesPanelSort (int): 1
notesPath (QString): C:/Users/localuser/Notes
notifyAllExternalModifications (QString): false
overrideInterfaceFontSize (QString): false
ownCloud/supportEnabled (QString): false
ownCloud/todoCalendarBackend (int): 3
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVPassword (QString): <hidden>
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVServerUrl (QString): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarCalDAVUsername (QString): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarCloudConnectionId (int): 1
ownCloud/todoCalendarDisplayNameList (QStringList): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarEnabledList (QStringList): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarEnabledUrlList (QStringList): empty
ownCloud/todoCalendarUrlList (QStringList): empty
ownCloudInfo/appIsValid (QString): false
ownCloudInfo/connectionErrorMessage (QString): empty
ownCloudInfo/notesPathExistsText (QString): empty
ownCloudInfo/serverVersion (QString): empty
restoreCursorPosition (QString): true
restoreLastNoteAtStartup (QString): true
restoreNoteTabs (QString): true
showMatches (QString): true
showMenuBar (QString): true
showStatusBar (QString): true
startInReadOnlyMode (QString): false
systemIconTheme (QString): false
taggingShowNotesRecursively (QString): false
tagsPanelHideNoteCount (QString): false
tagsPanelHideSearch (QString): false
tagsPanelOrder (int): 0
tagsPanelSort (int): 0
todoCalendarSupport (QString): true
toolbar/1/items (QStringList): action_New_note, action_Find_note, action_Remove_note, action_Open_note_in_external_editor, actionShow_local_trash, actionAllow_note_editing, , action_Back_in_note_history, action_Forward_in_note_history, , action_Find_text_in_note, actionReplace_in_current_note, , actionShow_versions, actionShow_trash, actionShare_note, , actionShow_Todo_List
toolbar/1/name (QString): mainToolBar
toolbar/1/title (QString): main toolbar
toolbar/2/items (QStringList): actionFormat_text_bold, actionFormat_text_italic, actionStrike_out_text, actionInsert_code_block, actionInsert_block_quote
toolbar/2/name (QString): formattingToolbar
toolbar/2/title (QString): formatting toolbar
toolbar/3/items (QStringList): actionInsert_text_link, actionInsert_image, actionInsert_current_time
toolbar/3/name (QString): insertingToolbar
toolbar/3/title (QString): inserting toolbar
toolbar/4/items (QStringList): action_Encrypt_note, actionEdit_encrypted_note, actionDecrypt_note
toolbar/4/name (QString): encryptionToolbar
toolbar/4/title (QString): encryption toolbar
toolbar/5/items (QStringList): actionWorkspaceComboBox, actionStore_as_new_workspace, actionRemove_current_workspace, actionRename_current_workspace, actionSwitch_to_previous_workspace, actionUnlock_panels, , actionToggle_distraction_free_mode, action_Increase_note_text_size, action_Decrease_note_text_size, action_Reset_note_text_size
toolbar/5/name (QString): windowToolbar
toolbar/5/title (QString): window toolbar
toolbar/6/items (QStringList): action_Quit
toolbar/6/name (QString): quitToolbar
toolbar/6/title (QString): quit toolbar
toolbar/size (int): 6
useNoteFolderButtons (QString): false
useUNIXNewline (QString): false
webAppClientService/serverUrl (QString): wss://app.qownnotes.org
webAppClientService/token (QString): <hidden>
webSocketServerService/bookmarksNoteName (QString): Bookmarks
webSocketServerService/bookmarksTag (QString): bookmarks
webSocketServerService/commandSnippetsNoteName (QString): Commands
webSocketServerService/commandSnippetsTag (QString): commands
webSocketServerService/port (int): 22222
workspace-initial/name (QString): Minimal
workspace-initial/noteSubFolderDockWidgetVisible (QString): true
workspace-initial/windowState (QByteArray): <binary data>
workspaces (QStringList): initial

System environment

ALLUSERSPROFILE: C:\ProgramData
APPDATA: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Roaming
CommonProgramFiles: C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86): C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432: C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME: W1123H2
ComSpec: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
DriverData: C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
EFC_4560: 1
FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING: Internet Explorer
FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING: Default
HOMEDRIVE: C:
HOMEPATH: \Users\localuser
LOCALAPPDATA: C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER: \\W1123H2
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS: 8
OneDrive: C:\Users\localuser\OneDrive
OS: Windows_NT
Path: C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Users\localuser\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
PATHEXT: .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE: AMD64
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER: Intel64 Family 6 Model 154 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL: 6
PROCESSOR_REVISION: 9a03
ProgramData: C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles: C:\Program Files
ProgramFiles(x86): C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramW6432: C:\Program Files
PSModulePath: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
PUBLIC: C:\Users\Public
SESSIONNAME: Console
SystemDrive: C:
SystemRoot: C:\Windows
TEMP: C:\Users\LOCALU~1\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP: C:\Users\LOCALU~1\AppData\Local\Temp
USERDOMAIN: w1123h2
USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE: w1123h2
USERNAME: localuser
USERPROFILE: C:\Users\localuser
windir: C:\Windows

---

It happens even if no scripts are enabled, only that QOwnNotes seems to freeze for a shorter time. 5-10 seconds. And not consistently. And with same output in process monitor.

[pbek]

I tried it out on my Windows 11 installation.

• Run cd C:\Program Files\QOwnNotes and QOwnNotes.exe --portable
• Just clicking next, next, next in the welcome dialog (but selecting the "Full" layout for logs)
• Install black mode script directly from the script repository
• Tried manually reloading the script engine multiple times

I got 0 lag, I could interact with the application all the time. 🤷🏻

Did turning off metric change anything? The network requests are supposed to run in the background anyway...

[o-l-a-v]

Strange. 🤔 Maybe it has to do with scaling and resolution? I have three monitors:

• 2x 27" 2560x1440 with Windows scaling set to 150%.
• 1x laptop monitor 1920x1080p with Windows scaling set to 125%.

But that wouldn't neccessarily explain why it also happened inside the VM, hmm..

Turning of metrics made it worse, but I don't know if it was due to turning metrics off or closing QOwnNotes after its' first ever run then reopening it. The spamming in procmon for creating file @2x wasn't there before the second run.

---

I have a Pop!_OS VM too. With the Flatpak version, enabling (ticking the checkbox) for "Black mode" from Settings -> Scripting easily takes 5-10 seconds. So does reloading script engine.

Same with the Snap version.

Disabling heartbeat and tracking does not seem to make a difference.

[pbek]

I had a 4K screen and an HD screen attached too... No idea. I've never seen such an issue...

[o-l-a-v]

Seems it could have something to do with Qt and scaling?

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37922261/using-high-dpi-images-with-qtstylesheet

  Qt documentation on QImageReader states that

  The high resolution version is marked by the suffix @2x on the base name. The image read will have its device pixel ratio set to a value of 2.

• https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-67806
• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/scalability.html
• https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/scalability.html

[pbek]

Good question, but in QOwnNotes QML is not used for UI, just for script support... And I also tested on a High DPI screen... 🤔

[o-l-a-v]

Seems it has something to do with scaling after all. I tried disabling "QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR" with PowerShell:

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(
    'QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR',
    0,
    'User'
)

Started QOwnNotes, tried reloading script enginge. It freezes for much shorter (still freezes though), and I can no longer see that spamming in procmon about @2x.

[pbek]

I wonder where QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR got set? I can't see it in your ENV dump...
But what I do see is QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE: true. I'm currently under NixOS, don't have that set here...
Maybe try turning that to false?

[o-l-a-v]

I think QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR defaults to true if not set? Maybe QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE defaults to false on Windows for some reason?

Tried setting QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE to 0. It did not exist as an env variable before I did. Hard to measure whether it has an impact on performance. Opening settings still spams the Windows registry 72 times for a single registry key, ref #3027.

[pbek]

I think QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR defaults to true if not set?

For me, under NixOS, it's 0.

Maybe QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE defaults to false on Windows for some reason?

Dunno, it was true for you. ️🤷🏻

Opening settings still spams the Windows registry 72 times for a single registry key, ref #3027.

And you sure that causes a 20sec lag? (see #3027).

[o-l-a-v]

Dunno, it was true for you. ️🤷🏻

It was not set in the registry, so I don't know were it came from.

And you sure that causes a 20sec lag? (see #3027).

Yep. 15-20 seconds. Note theres a difference between:

1. Scripting -> Reload scripting engine ( CTRL + SHIFT + S), vs
2. Note -> Settings -> Scripting -> Reload scripting engine.
   • Much slower.

Guess I'll do some more testing on that vanilla Windows installation.

• Portable vs. non-portable.
• QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR enabled vs. disabled.
• QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE enabled vs. disabled.

[o-l-a-v]

Findings:

• QML_DISABLE_DISK_CACHE is set to false when QOwnNotes.exe --portable.
• Looking at time in procmon, telemetry or heartbeat looks like a blocking operation?
  • 
• Scripts doing theming, like "Black mode", makes "Reload script engine" take longer than other scripts, like "Order checkboxes".
• When tracking and heartbeat is disabled, reload script enginge is still slow. Procmon shows two registry events related to getting tracking settings takes 5 seconds.
  • 

A debug build will probably be the next step in troubleshooting here, yep.