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Remote filesystems lockup

#1

Hi,

I’ve noticed the bug first about April 2025. It happens when using remote filesystems (sftp/ssh) that I mount on Ubuntu 20/22/24/25 (I see this issue on all those versions). I happens very randomly, that the entire application locks up and nothing can be done. It usually takes around 10-60 seconds and then everything works normally again. The frequency is around 1 to 5 times in a minute and it’s very annoying. It not only happens on DSL connections but even 1 GBit/s ethernet connections. I’ve seen a very similar issue from 2017 but this is a completly new issue as this didn’t happen before.

Sven

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#2

Bump up. Problem still exists.

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#3

If filesystem operation (reading and writing) does not complete in a reasonable time, depending UI updates need to be delayed as well. This means in worst case, UI does not update. The 10-60s are likely a timeout, which an API function waits before returning an error.

If a whole remote-folder is opened in ST, it reads all files in background, to create its internal dictionary for Goto Anything or Goto Symbol functionality. Despite those operations happening in background high filesystem latency may cause synchonization points to be hit, upon which UI update needs to be delayed.

The way ST works with files and folders is known to not be optimized for working on remote filesystems, especially sftp/ssh.

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#4

Thanks for your update. I was wondering, because until a year ago that was working flawlessly. I noticed it first March/April 2025. Unfortunately I only work on remote systems (ssh) and that makes sublime totally unusable for me.

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#5

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#6

So be it. It is to the loss of the dissenters. Sublime Text is a key cog in my workflow so I can’t throw a tantrum. One day reasoning will prevail. But not today. I have had this before with outlier “OT” ideas. Par for the course.

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