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Thunderbird goes into a loop complaining about a message missing from gloda

Brian Matthews
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Periodically I notice Thunderbird using 50-100% CPU, and the error console shows a message like the following repeated once a second:

2019-03-21 00:31:29 gloda.index_msg WARN Observed header that claims to be gloda indexed but that gloda has never heard of during compaction. In folder: mailbox:<mailbox> sketchy key: 615 subject: <subject>

<mailbox> and <subject> are always valid mailboxes and message subjects in that mailbox, and that message repeats once per second with the same value for <mailbox> and <subject>.

Per another (now archived) question, I quit TB, remove global-messages-db.sqlite, restart TB, and that fixes the problem... for a while, but it eventually (a few hours to a day) recurs.

There seem to be two problems here:

- The database getting corrupted in the first place. - TB handling that corruption poorly, repeatedly looking up the same message in the database instead of, at least, just shrugging (figuratively :-) ) and moving to the next message.

Periodically I notice Thunderbird using 50-100% CPU, and the error console shows a message like the following repeated once a second: 2019-03-21 00:31:29 gloda.index_msg WARN Observed header that claims to be gloda indexed but that gloda has never heard of during compaction. In folder: mailbox:<mailbox> sketchy key: 615 subject: <subject> <mailbox> and <subject> are always valid mailboxes and message subjects in that mailbox, and that message repeats once per second with the same value for <mailbox> and <subject>. Per another (now archived) question, I quit TB, remove global-messages-db.sqlite, restart TB, and that fixes the problem... for a while, but it eventually (a few hours to a day) recurs. There seem to be two problems here: - The database getting corrupted in the first place. - TB handling that corruption poorly, repeatedly looking up the same message in the database instead of, at least, just shrugging (figuratively :-) ) and moving to the next message.

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Brian Matthews
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I should add that I've tried running in safe mode and that hasn't fixed either problem.

Toad-Hall
Toad-Hall
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Suggest you try to rebuild the global database. Info here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/rebuilding-global-database

Added update Should have read your comments more closely....you have already tried this and it works....temporarilly.

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Toad-Hall
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Have you compacted your folders recently to remove all traces of old deleted emails whcihc tidies files and regains some space in mbox file?

Brian Matthews
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After experimenting some more, it's (at least) during compaction that the problem occurs. If I force compaction via File > Compact Folders with the error console open, I see the repeated gloda warnings. Other times that I notice it happening because of Thunderbird's high CPU usage, I assume Thunderbird has decided to compact on its own (or there's something else that also causes the problem).