Created attachment 1620344 [details] test stimulus Description of problem: Certain scrolling conditions in gnome terminal can cause VTE to crash due to out of bounds cursor position. More details in the gnome bug here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/issues/176 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vte291-0.58.0-1.fc31.x86_64 How reproducible: Frequently, depending on shell conditions. Easily reproducible when building Android, as the gnome bug documents. Steps to Reproduce: Reproduction steps in gnome bug 1. Open terminal with default 80x24 size 2. run "cat vte-176-crash.txt" Actual results: Gnome terminal crashes Expected results: Blank lines printed to screen Additional info: As noted in the Gnome bug, the fix is supplied by this commit: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/commit/ef0734c1eb775cf98db9a6e8e87700830b1a3890. This change is scheduled for 0.58.1, which is in 2 weeks, and fairly close to the Fedora 31 freeze. I am filing this bug to ensure that the fix is tracked as this should probably be included in the final image.
Proposed as a Blocker for 31-final by Fedora user evana using the blocker tracking app because: Proposing as a blocker under the criteria "All applications that can be launched using the standard graphical mechanism of a release-blocking desktop after a default installation of that desktop must start successfully and withstand a basic functionality test." This issue is easily reproduced in certain workflows.
I'd also cite Final criterion "All known bugs that can cause corruption of user data must be fixed or documented at Common F31 bugs" - the terminal app suddenly crashing could certainly cause you to lose data in anything running in that terminal app. I saw this yesterday, I think - at least, my gnome-terminal just suddenly up and crashed without warning or me doing anything in it in particular. On the basis of both criteria I think I'm +1.
FEDORA-2019-8288e417ac has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8288e417ac
vte291-0.58.0-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8288e417ac
vte291-0.58.0-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.