Description of problem: The issue claims to be fixes in 1.8.2 in upstream but I can reproduce this in both Fedora and rhel: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/pull/3854 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): flatpak-1.8.2-1.el8.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo 2.flatpak -y install flathub org.gnome.Eolie 3.$ flatpak remote-info --log flathub org.gnome.Eolie Actual results: ID: org.gnome.Eolie Ref: app/org.gnome.Eolie/x86_64/stable Arch: x86_64 Branch: stable Collection: org.flathub.Stable Download: 12.9 MB Installed: 37.9 MB Runtime: org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.34 Sdk: org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/3.34 (flatpak remote-info:71966): GLib-CRITICAL **: 15:38:06.886: g_utf8_strlen: assertion 'p != NULL || max == 0' failed Commit: (null) Parent: a459779fdde9defdf18be8e9277a1d3f5ba13bbfc190f86a930fe4ad578b2d89 Subject: Appdata: add a patch to fix it (974981c3) Date: 2019-09-13 15:18:14 +0000 History: Expected results: No critical message and the Commit is not (null) Additional info: G_DEBUG=fatal-criticals gdb flatpak GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora 9.2-7.fc33 Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from flatpak... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/flatpak-1.8.2-2.fc33.x86_64.debug... (gdb) r remote-info --log flathub org.gnome.Eolie Starting program: /usr/bin/flatpak remote-info --log flathub org.gnome.Eolie [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0x7fffe8dac640 (LWP 22974)] [New Thread 0x7fffe3fff640 (LWP 22975)] [New Thread 0x7fffe37fe640 (LWP 22976)] [New Thread 0x7fffe2ffd640 (LWP 22980)] [Thread 0x7fffe2ffd640 (LWP 22980) exited] [Detaching after fork from child process 22989] [Detaching after fork from child process 22991] [Detaching after fork from child process 22993] [Detaching after fork from child process 22995] [Detaching after fork from child process 22997] [Detaching after fork from child process 22999] [Detaching after fork from child process 23001] Eolie - Web browser ID: org.gnome.Eolie Ref: app/org.gnome.Eolie/x86_64/stable Arch: x86_64 Branch: stable Version: 0.9.63 License: GPL-3.0+ Collection: org.flathub.Stable Download: 12.9 MB Installed: 37.9 MB Runtime: org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.34 Sdk: org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/3.34 (/usr/bin/flatpak remote-info:22970): GLib-CRITICAL **: 12:25:31.376: g_utf8_strlen: assertion 'p != NULL || max == 0' failed Thread 1 "flatpak" received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap. 0x00007ffff7610d23 in g_logv () from /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 (gdb) thread apply all bt full Thread 4 (Thread 0x7fffe37fe640 (LWP 22976)): #0 0x00007ffff74a2a0f in poll () at /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007ffff7659d1e in g_main_context_iterate.constprop () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007ffff76086ab in g_main_loop_run () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007ffff7c172c3 in server_thread_func () at /lib64/libpolkit-agent-1.so.0 #4 0x00007ffff7635ede in g_thread_proxy () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007ffff75813f9 in start_thread () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #6 0x00007ffff74adb03 in clone () at /lib64/libc.so.6 Thread 3 (Thread 0x7fffe3fff640 (LWP 22975)): #0 0x00007ffff74a2a0f in poll () at /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007ffff7659d1e in g_main_context_iterate.constprop () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007ffff76086ab in g_main_loop_run () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007ffff78476b6 in gdbus_shared_thread_func.lto_priv () at /lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0 #4 0x00007ffff7635ede in g_thread_proxy () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007ffff75813f9 in start_thread () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #6 0x00007ffff74adb03 in clone () at /lib64/libc.so.6 Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fffe8dac640 (LWP 22974)): #0 0x00007ffff74a2a0f in poll () at /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007ffff7659d1e in g_main_context_iterate.constprop () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007ffff760641f in g_main_context_iteration () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007ffff7608031 in glib_worker_main () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0x00007ffff7635ede in g_thread_proxy () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #5 0x00007ffff75813f9 in start_thread () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #6 0x00007ffff74adb03 in clone () at /lib64/libc.so.6 Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff62dd940 (LWP 22970)): #0 0x00007ffff7610d23 in g_logv () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #1 0x00007ffff7610f8f in g_log () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007ffff7635508 in g_utf8_strlen () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00005555555e03ce in ellipsize_string_full (text=<optimized out>, len=108, mode=FLATPAK_ELLIPSIZE_MODE_END) at app/flatpak-builtins-utils.c:1006 --Type <RET> for more, q to quit, c to continue without paging--c ret = 0x0 #4 0x00005555555a51ee in flatpak_builtin_remote_info (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>, cancellable=0x0, error=<optimized out>) at app/flatpak-builtins-remote-info.c:309 formatted_commit = <optimized out> len = <optimized out> store = 0x5555556f80d0 app = <optimized out> license = <optimized out> rows = 35 cols = 120 width = 108 version = 0x55555819ca44 "0.9.63" context = 0x555555709400 dirs = 0x5555556ffc40 preferred_dir = 0x5555556fb020 commit_v = 0x7fffdc009660 remote = <optimized out> pref = <optimized out> default_branch = 0x0 kinds = <optimized out> matched_kinds = (FLATPAK_KINDS_APP | FLATPAK_KINDS_RUNTIME) id = 0x555555718940 "org.gnome.Eolie" arch = 0x0 branch = 0x0 parts = 0x555555703430 kind = FLATPAK_KINDS_APP ref = 0x555555906fa0 "app/org.gnome.Eolie/x86_64/stable" commit = 0x0 parent = 0x5555571f8540 "a459779fdde9defdf18be8e9277a1d3f5ba13bbfc190f86a930fe4ad578b2d89" state = 0x555555739b40 friendly = 1 xa_metadata = 0x55555581d0a0 "[Application]\nname=org.gnome.Eolie\nruntime=org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.34\nsdk=org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/3.34\ncommand=eolie\n\n[Context]\nshared=network;ipc;\nsockets=x11;wayland;pulseaudio;\ndevices=dri;\nfilesy"... collection_id = 0x55555581cf00 "org.flathub.Stable" eol = 0x0 eol_rebase = 0x0 metakey = 0x555558bcc4c0 installed_size = <optimized out> download_size = <optimized out> formatted_installed_size = 0x555557661940 "37.9 MB" formatted_download_size = 0x555557661960 "12.9 MB" subject = 0x55555581d3e6 "Appdata: add a patch to fix it (974981c3)" timestamp = <optimized out> formatted_timestamp = 0x5555576ac390 "2019-09-13 15:18:14 +0000" sparse_cache = {base = 0x7ffff7886b44, size = 140737345459717} #5 0x000055555559d52d in flatpak_run (res_error=0x7fffffffdb18, argv=<optimized out>, argc=<optimized out>) at app/flatpak-main.c:783 command = 0x5555556c4950 <commands+1680> success = 0 error = 0x0 cancellable = 0x0 prgname = 0x5555556dcfb0 "/usr/bin/flatpak remote-info" command_name = 0x7fffffffe140 "remote-info" polkit_agent = 0x5555556fae50 __func__ = "flatpak_run" error = 0x0 ret = <optimized out> action = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0x55555559e540 <handle_sigterm>, sa_sigaction = 0x55555559e540 <handle_sigterm>}, sa_mask = {__val = {0 <repeats 16 times>}}, sa_flags = 0, sa_restorer = 0x0} #6 main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at app/flatpak-main.c:888 error = 0x0 ret = <optimized out> action = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0x55555559e540 <handle_sigterm>, sa_sigaction = 0x55555559e540 <handle_sigterm>}, sa_mask = {__val = {0 <repeats 16 times>}}, sa_flags = 0, sa_restorer = 0x0}
The fix is included upstream in 1.8.3, so the most recent flatpak build fixes this.
I can't reproduced with flatpak-1.8.3-1.el8.x86_64
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory (flatpak bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1781