Bug testing workbench

Peter 18Jul16: This is a page to act as a workbench for my testing on W10 and macOS.

Some DEVEL FIXMADE bugs get "parked" by me as they involve downloading plug-ins from sites I know nothing about - I am not prepared to risk that.

See the Talk page for bugs resolved in earlier releases.

Windows 7 - will disappear in early 2020 when W7 becomes EOL

• P5 964 - Windows 7: Support data generated if quitting using task manager when "About Audacity" is open. This is now marked CLOSED/WONTFIX

Re-opened

• P5 1799 - Un-muting with a single track unnecessarily activates the Solo button - original bug ok on Mac, BUT closely related issue still occurs
• P4 1806 - Extreme negative settings in Change Tempo cause an "apparent" hang/freeze
• P4 534 - Page Up/Page Down when slider focused also scrolls the project. looks OK on W10 but iffy on Mac
• P2 1763 - Clicks on starting/stopping playback. I get stop clicks with a sine tone
• P2 2101 - Mac recovery file can be corrupted before recovery when switching between 32 and 64 bit builds
• P1 2134 - Audacity silently fails to launch when audacity.cfg is locked read-only
• P1 2135 - Audacity crashes if launched with a locked pluginregistry.cfg file
• P1 2142 - Typing within a label track selected does not create a label.
• P3 1892 - Mac accessibility: VoiceOver does not read the categories in Preferences
• P4 1302 - Metadata Editor should be disabled for (external program) in Export Multiple, as in straight export OK on W10 - but errors out on Mac

Pending

None

Devel Fix-Made

• P1 2151 - Scrubbing/seeking corrupts the Timeline with black line/black tick marks

Parked - because I don't have the wherewithal to test these

• P5 2100 - AIFF exports GT 4GB are trapped but error message is only "WAV" - We need the German translation before this can be tested
• P1 2153 - Crash when attempting multi-channel recording - I can't test this, I have no multi-channel device

To be tested

None

What's to be done about this/these

• P3 461 - MIDI or Allegro export filter does not enforce output format cross-platform - looks ok for me on w10, Step 1 OK on Mac but not Step 2
• P1 2149 - Audacity consumes large amounts of CPU time - prob. OK - held over open till RC1

The Bugs I have tested so far on Windows and that look to be good to go so far on W10 - still to be tested on macOS and Linux

None

The Bugs I have tested so far on Mac and that look to be good to go so far on macOS still to be tested on Windows and Linux

None

The Bugs I have tested so far and that look to be good to go so far on W10 and macOS still to be tested on Linux

• P1 2112 - Crash when opening Equalization settings in a Macro
• P1 2129 - Preview button in effects yields Error Opening Sound Device residual on Linux now fixed
• P1 2155 - deleting the only track in a project leaves the cursor position in a corrupt state
• P1 2159 - Commands with set cursor or set selection start/end during playback do not work
• P1 2168 - Themed buttons do not update after theme change
• P1 2170 - Repeated use of the Trim button crashes Audacity
• P1 2172 - Pin/Unpin button does not update after theme change
• P2 1843 - Tracks menu error messages do not have "?" help butttons to link to the Manual
• P2 2119 - Linux: Incorrect behaviors in "Manage Macro"
• P3 1180 - Custom FFmpeg Export: an empty presets list can be Exported
• P3 2113 - Label editor: After it closes, no control is the focus
• P3 2122 - Screenshot tool: no way to exit using the keyboard
• P4 240 - Time track selected by itself cannot be removed with Tracks>Remove Tracks
• P4 440 - Metadata Editor: Tags without values can't be added
• P4 1269 - "backslash percent" not saved in effect presets
• P4 1582 - Incorrect level shown in Mixer Board meter when track has positive gain
• P4 1780 - Sample Rate dialog does not appear when track has custom sample rate
• P4 2137 - Nyquist: Assert when receiving multibyte characters - I don't have debug builds
• P4 2148 - AUD-GET-INFO command fails if data contains backslash

Marked RESOLVED

Archive this list to the Talk page on release.

• P1 2121 - View>History crashes Audacity - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2127 - Track deletion while in Record/Pause state crashes Audacity
• P1 2131 - Mac: Play Cut Preview fails to work
• P1 2132 - Silence Audio and Trim Audio are grayed-out and inoperable even when a selection is present - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2133 - Silence Audio deletes MIDI notes
• P1 2139 - Track menu: opening track menu by pressing Shift+M causes crash - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2140 - Setting for preference for track name displayed as overlay is ignored - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2141 - Tabbing between labels now only works if the label track is selected
• P1 2145 - Crash ctrl-clicking on play at speed button - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2150 - Clicking in the Audacity window causes a crash - OK on Mac and Linux- still to be tested on Windows - QUICKFIXED
• P2 344 - FFmpeg: M4A Quality slider has no control of bitrate setting or AAC quality
• P2 2144 - Track Name drawn behind stereo track divider - QUICKFIXED
• P2 2146 - Keyboard preferences: mouse can select wrong item - QUICKFIXED
• P3 387 - Mac/Linux: Text export for Contrast and Plot Spectrum does not supply extension if omitted
• P3 2099 - 24-bit WAV (and AIFF) export is wrongly limited to 3GB
• P3 2118 - "Q" shortcut for "Toggle Spectral Selection is not in the Standard set
• P4 496 - Modifier keys ignored when focus is on time box in the Selection Toolbar
• P4 826 - Mis-handling of envelopes when split-deleting, or when cutting with cut lines enabled
• P4 1058 - Windows: Strange cursor changes Works for me on 2.3.2
• P4 2136 - GetInfo: localization creates invalid JSON
• P4 2138 - Crossfade Tracks effect may desynchronize tracks
• P4 2154 - selected audio: timeline and track show different selected time range
• P4 2160 - Shipped macros are not protected against edits. Edits can be made, but there is a Restore button
• P5 680 - "Undo Recover" does not undo.
• P5 2111 - Track name text box too small

WONT Fix

• P4 2106 - Mac build for one architecture can't recover autosave files made by build for the other

Auto update

ID	P	Status	Summary (34 tasks) ⇒
2159	P1	RESOLVED	Commands with set cursor or set selection start/end during playback do not work
2170	P1	RESOLVED	Repeated use of the Trim button crashes Audacity
2112	P1	RESOLVED	Crash when opening Equalization settings in a Macro
2119	P1	RESOLVED	Linux: Incorrect behaviors in "Manage Macro"
2151	P1	RESOLVED	Scrubbing/seeking corrupts the Timeline with black line/black tick marks
2129	P1	RESOLVED	Preview button in effects yields Error Opening Sound Device
2155	P1	RESOLVED	deleting the only track in a project leaves the cursor position in a corrupt state
2168	P1	RESOLVED	Themed buttons do not update after theme change
2142	P1	RESOLVED	Typing within a label track selected does not create a label.
2172	P1	RESOLVED	Pin/Unpin button does not update after theme change
2153	P1	RESOLVED	Crash when attempting multi-channel recording
2101	P2	RESOLVED	Mac recovery file can be corrupted before recovery when switching between 32 and 64 bit builds
1843	P2	RESOLVED	Tracks menu error messages do not have "?" help butttons to link to the Manual
2149	P2	RESOLVED	Audacity consumes large amounts of CPU time
2113?	P3	CLOSED	Label editor: After it closes, no control is the focus
2122	P3	CLOSED	Screenshot tool: no way to exit using the keyboard
1892	P3	CLOSED	Mac: VoiceOver does not read the categories in Preferences using standard keyboard navigation
461	P3	RESOLVED	MIDI or Allegro export filter does not enforce output format cross-platform
1180	P3	RESOLVED	Custom FFmpeg Export: an empty presets list can be Exported
2135	P3	RESOLVED	Audacity crashes if launched with a locked pluginregistry.cfg file
2134	P3	RESOLVED	Audacity silently fails to launch when audacity.cfg is locked read-only
2106	P4	CLOSED	Mac build for one architecture can't recover autosave files made by build for the other
1763	P4	CLOSED	Enh: Clicks on starting/stopping playback.
2137	P4	RESOLVED	Nyquist: Assert when receiving multibyte characters
1582	P4	RESOLVED	Incorrect level shown in Mixer Board meter when track has positive gain
240	P4	RESOLVED	Time track selected by itself cannt be removed with Tracks>Remove Tracks
2148	P4	RESOLVED	AUD-GET-INFO command fails if data contains backslash
440	P4	RESOLVED	Metadata Editor: Tags without values can't be added
1806	P4	RESOLVED	Extreme negative settings in Change Tempo cause an "apparent" hang/freeze
534	P4	RESOLVED	Mac: Page Up/Page Down when slider focused also scrolls the project.
964	P5	CLOSED	Windows 7: Support data generated if quitting using task manager when "About Audacity" is open.
1799	P5	RESOLVED	Un-muting with a single track unnecessarily activates the Solo button
680	P5	RESOLVED	"Undo Recover" does not undo.
2100	P5	RESOLVED	AIFF exports GT 4GB are trapped but, in German, error message is only for "WAV"