Intense network pulls that freezes the entire program for minutes, each for every action I perform.

[johnchen40904]

I'm using the latest version for Windows, 2.4.1.

It freezes, sometimes turns pale white, and the (Not Responding) sentence can be spotted on the taskbar.

Via the Task Manager, I saw that it is doing large network pulls that hogs up my entire internet bandwidth every time it freezes. It was addressed to “Library - Kiwix” and not “aria2c.exe”, so that might be some clue.

I initially thought this was due to me setting the download and monitor directory to an SMB network location, but the problem persists after I set both of the location to my computer's internal SSD.

It truly pulls stuff and freezes for minutes per every action I do:
firing up the program, clicking online/local files, selecting a category, for each letter I type into the search bar, opening the Settings tab, even clicking the “Browse” button for selecting a new directory freezes too for whatever reason.

I think we truly need a logging system in it. I don't even have a clue about what it's trying to pull over the network every time.

[kelson42]

It´s the library catalog probably, this needs to be confirmed. This should not block the UI. Can not be actually. We face here I suspect a bit of a mystery.

@johnchen40904 Are you sure you don't have one of the books of your library still located on a network drive? What happens if you disconnect your computer from the network, do you still suffer of the freeze?

[kelson42]

@johnchen40904 Any feedback? We would like to investigate this issue, but it's not possible without your help.

[johnchen40904]

Ah sorry for late reply, forgot after being busy.

It seems to still trying to reach for something on my network drive, as the problem doesn't arise when network disconnected or outside of my home network.