Assigning citation keys every time zotero is open

[stefabat]

Debug log ID

92XXXWL2-euc/6.7.162-6

What happened?

Every time I open zotero, betterbibtex (re)assigns the citation keys. I have a pretty big library (1000+ items), so this behavior is annoying.

[retorquere]

There's nothing in that log. Please go to the Help menu, choose Debug Output Logging and Restart with logging enabled, let Zotero restart and BBT resolve the keys, then send a new debug log.

[stefabat]

Sorry for that, the new debug log is L55E5APF-euc/6.7.162-6

[retorquere]

Can you disable the scite plugin (and restart) to see if that makes a difference? I see that scite is firing off 1617 item changes in L55E5APF-euc, BBT might be reacting to those.

[retorquere]

without further feedback I'm going to have to close this issue.

[stefabat]

Hi, sorry for the late reply, very busy days.

The same happens even if I disable the scite plugin. The debug log for that is: MURF2VPZ-euc/6.7.163-6

What is strange is that I have another pc that has a very similar setup, and I don't see this problem. There, I also have scite enabled, and even more plugins enabled. I submitted a debug log also for that one, which is: UT3QE65G-euc/6.7.163-6

Thanks for looking into this! Very much appreciated!

[retorquere]

I don't see any non-startup BBT activity in the log. Can you go into preferences, advanced, config editor, accept, search for LogEvents, double-click it to set it to true, and send a new log?

[stefabat]

It was already set to true. Maybe is there a way to completely delete the configs of both zotero and betterbibtex, and I can try to redo a fresh install?

Also, I am using the same setup on three computers, so maybe if the settings do not match on all three exactly, in some of them they trigger this reassignment of keys?

[stefabat]

I have now mirrored the settings of my laptop to the computer on which don't have this problem, but the problem remains on the laptop (even disabling all other extensions, and reinstalling the betterbibtex extension from a freshly downloaded xpi file.

[github-actions]

🤖 this is your friendly neighborhood build bot announcing test build 6.7.163.2797.5889 ("add logging")

This update may name other issues, but the build just dropped here is for you; it just means problems already fixed in other issues have been folded into the work we are doing here. Install in Zotero by downloading test build 6.7.163.2797.5889, opening the Zotero "Tools" menu, selecting "Add-ons", open the gear menu in the top right, and select "Install Add-on From File...".

[retorquere]

Reinstalling won't make a difference, that just removes the code, not the data it acts on. I see no activity in the previous log, can you try this build and generate a new log? It won't fix anything, it only adds logging.

[stefabat]

I'll try it tonight when I get home. Thanks

[stefabat]

I don't know what is broken, but even though it tells me there are 46k lines in the debug, when I try to send them to, in the pane where I can see the debug log, I see almost nothing. I downloaded the .tgz file, and that contains the full debug log.
In any case, the new debug log I submitted is: CC9SM8SN-euc/6.7.163.2797.5889-6

Let me know if you can see the 46k lines, if not, I have it and I can upload it here or send it to you.

By the way, I ran zotero only with betterbibtex active, and I still see the issue.

[retorquere]

that's expected, zotero usually freezes when you show long text there, so I only show the first portion. I see attempts to generate new keys but no new keys are actually being assigned. A new version will drop here soon with more logging, please send a new log from that.

[github-actions]

🤖 this is your friendly neighborhood build bot announcing test build 6.7.163.2797.5895 ("Merge branch 'master' into gh-2797")

This update may name other issues, but the build just dropped here is for you; it just means problems already fixed in other issues have been folded into the work we are doing here. Install in Zotero by downloading test build 6.7.163.2797.5895, opening the Zotero "Tools" menu, selecting "Add-ons", open the gear menu in the top right, and select "Install Add-on From File...".

[stefabat]

New one in: UBD5S63L-euc/6.7.163.2797.5895-6

[retorquere]

Can you close Zotero and get me a copy of better-bibtex.sqlite and zotero.sqlite? You can email them to emiliano.heyns@iris-advies.com

[bradmont]

Hi, chiming in that I'm also having this problem, and have been for a while (really, I've been ignoring it for a few months, the pop-up notification is a bit distracting but it's not preventing me from getting work done). It was happening on v6 and also now on the v7 beta. I submitted my log, Debug ID D1700262065 (with LogEvents enabled). I am not seeing anything specifically better-bibtex related though.

[retorquere]

I can't read D<number> logs, those go to the Zotero team. I need a Better-BibTeX debog log, which ends in -euc or -apse.

[bradmont]

Oh, sorry, that makes sense. Is this better? 66Q6U3ZQ-fio-XcY7FfUAyq5c

[bradmont]

Sorry, I think I did the wrong thing and sent it to file.io, this looks like the format you described: 3P8UIGS9-euc/6.7.164-7

[retorquere]

File.io is fine (it's in the help menu briefly during start as a fallback in case BBT log doesn't work), but the -euc/-apse logs are much more convenient for me, so thank you. Unfortunately the release build you are running doesn't have the logging I built into 5895, so there's not much I can tell from this log, sorry.

[bradmont]

Ah, oops! I installed the debug build above and tried again, here's the ID: JYJ9ZIBD-euc/6.7.163.2797.5895-7

[retorquere]

Seems to be the same problem. I'll need a copy of zotero.sqlite and better-bibtex.sqlite here too. Make sure to shut down Zotero first -- it should not be running while to copy or bundle these files.

[github-actions]

🤖 this is your friendly neighborhood build bot announcing test build 6.7.164.2797.5910 ("dynamic queries")

This update may name other issues, but the build just dropped here is for you; it just means problems already fixed in other issues have been folded into the work we are doing here. Install in Zotero by downloading test build 6.7.164.2797.5910, opening the Zotero "Tools" menu, selecting "Add-ons", open the gear menu in the top right, and select "Install Add-on From File...".

[bradmont]

Great, just sent the sqlite files over email. :)

[retorquere]

please try build 5910

[bradmont]

yes! this seems to have resolved the problem. Now when I open Zotero the citekeys pop-up appears for a half second (too fast for me to read what it says) and disappears again. Thank you!

[retorquere]

@stefabat?

[stefabat]

It works for me too, same behavior as for @bradmont. Thanks for the effort!