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

• 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
• P2 2134 - Audacity silently fails to launch when audacity.cfg is locked read-only
• P2 2135 - Audacity crashes if launched with a locked pluginregistry.cfg file
• 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
• 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
• 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 1371 - Device Toolbar does not restore large widths when docked. - OK on W10 - but still not right on Mac

Pending

None

Devel Fix-Made

• P1 2184 - Mac: non-RTP effects grayed out when no selection present - QUICKFIXED

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
• P4 2049 - ENH: Noise Reduction error message for no selection is unhelpful - good new msg on Win - on Mac the effect is grayed-out with no selection
• P4 555 - Export fails without warning if missing alias file but current project state does not depend on it ODL removed but old aliases remain

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

• P3 2178 - Export to (external program) fails with errors looks fixed on Windows

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 2179 - In horizontal scrolling, time ruler does not scroll until mouse released - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2158 - Selection Toolbar: Length and center calculated incorrectly - QUICKFIXED
• P2 1843 - Tracks menu error messages do not have "?" help buttons to link to the Manual
• P2 2119 - Linux: Incorrect behaviors in "Manage Macro"
• P3 1723 - Keyboard Preferences: Closing subtrees can leave highlight on wrong item. - QUICKFIXED
• 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
• P3 2120 - Spectral Selection Toolbar can be truncated when undocked
• P4 440 - Metadata Editor: Tags without values can't be added
• P4 1269 - "backslash percent" not saved in effect presets
• P4 1780 - Sample Rate dialog does not appear when track has custom sample rate

OD aliasing TO BE TESTED on Linux (OK on Win and Mac) - "resolved" by removing OD ?

• P1 536 - OD computation stalls if applying effect before aliased waveform computation completes - and subsequent crash
• P3 538 - Windows: OD without seeking: an effect can be applied to a selection before the aliased computation is made, silencing the audio.
• P3 555 - Export fails without warning if missing alias file but current project state does not depend on it
• P3 888 - On Demand aliased import fails when "Normalize all tracks" is enabled.
• P3 1869 - Crash on close when uncompressed file imported "faster" aliased

Marked RESOLVED

Archive this list to the Talk page on release.

• P1 2112 - Crash when opening Equalization settings in a Macro
• P1 2127 - Track deletion while in Record/Pause state crashes Audacity
• P1 2131 - Mac: Play Cut Preview fails to work
• P1 2133 - Silence Audio deletes MIDI notes
• P1 2141 - Tabbing between labels now only works if the label track is selected
• P1 2176 - Crash when attempting to time shift multiple tracks
• P2 344 - FFmpeg: M4A Quality slider has no control of bitrate setting or AAC quality
• 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 240 - Time track selected by itself cannot be removed with Tracks>Remove Tracks
• 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 1411 - Multiple non-modal "Help from the Internet" windows
• P4 1582 - Incorrect level shown in Mixer Board meter when track has positive gain
• P4 2136 - GetInfo: localization creates invalid JSON
• P4 2137 - Nyquist: Assert when receiving multibyte characters
• P4 2138 - Crossfade Tracks effect may desynchronize tracks
• P4 2148 - AUD-GET-INFO command fails if data contains backslash
• 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

QUICKFIXED

• P1 2116 - Win: Drawing of imported aliased files does not visually complete without further user action - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2121 - View>History crashes Audacity - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2129 - Preview button in effects yields Error Opening Sound Device - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2132 - Silence Audio and Trim Audio are grayed-out and inoperable even when a selection is present - QUICKFIXED
• 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 2142 - Typing within a label track selected does not create a label. - QUICKFIXED
• P2 2144 - Track Name drawn behind stereo track divider - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2145 - Crash ctrl-clicking on play at speed button - QUICKFIXED
• P2 2146 - Keyboard preferences: mouse can select wrong item - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2150 - Clicking in the Audacity window causes a crash - OK on Mac and Linux- still to be tested on Windows - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2151 - Scrubbing/seeking corrupts the Timeline with black line/black tick marks - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2155 - deleting the only track in a project leaves the cursor position in a corrupt state - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2156 - Corruption in Timeline during playback - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2159 - Commands with set cursor or set selection start/end during playback do not work - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2164 - Timeline actions incorrectly disabled after recording - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2167 - Incorrect Quick-Play behaviour - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2168 - Themed buttons do not update after theme change - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2170 - Repeated use of the Trim button crashes Audacity - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2172 - Pin/Unpin button does not update after theme change - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2180 - Label editing active after clicking elsewhere - QUICKFIXED
• P1 2183 - Characters in labels cannot be deleted - QUICKFIXED

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 (30 tasks) ⇒
2180	P1	RESOLVED	Label editing remains active after clicking elsewhere
2129	P1	RESOLVED	Preview button in effects yields Error Opening Sound Device
2153	P1	RESOLVED	Crash when attempting multi-channel recording
2119	P1	RESOLVED	Linux: Incorrect behaviors in "Manage Macro"
2179	P1	RESOLVED	In horizontal scrolling, time ruler does not scroll until mouse released
2184	P1	RESOLVED	Mac: non-RTP effects grayed out when no selection present
2149	P2	RESOLVED	Audacity consumes large amounts of CPU time
1843	P2	RESOLVED	Tracks menu error messages do not have "?" help butttons to link to the Manual
2101	P2	RESOLVED	Mac recovery file can be corrupted before recovery when switching between 32 and 64 bit builds
2113?	P3	CLOSED	Label editor: After it closes, no control is the focus
2178	P3	CLOSED	Mac: Export to (external program) fails with errors
536	P3	CLOSED	OD computation stalls if applying effect before aliased waveform computation completes - and subsequent crash
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
2134	P3	RESOLVED	Audacity silently fails to launch when audacity.cfg is locked read-only
461	P3	RESOLVED	MIDI or Allegro export filter does not enforce output format cross-platform
2120	P3	RESOLVED	Spectral Selection Toolbar can be truncated when undocked
2135	P3	RESOLVED	Audacity crashes if launched with a locked pluginregistry.cfg file
1180	P3	RESOLVED	Custom FFmpeg Export: an empty presets list can be Exported
1723	P3	RESOLVED	Keyboard Preferences: Closing subtrees can leave highlight on wrong item.
1763	P4	CLOSED	Enh: Clicks on starting/stopping playback.
555	P4	CLOSED	Export fails without warning if missing alias file even if current project state no longer depends on it
1371	P4	RESOLVED	Linux/Mac: Device Toolbar does not restore large widths when docked.
2049?	P4	RESOLVED	ENH: Noise Reduction error message for no selection is unhelpful
440	P4	RESOLVED	Metadata Editor: Tags without values can't be added
534	P4	RESOLVED	Mac: Page Up/Page Down when slider focused also scrolls the project.
1806	P4	RESOLVED	Extreme negative settings in Change Tempo cause an "apparent" hang/freeze
964	P5	CLOSED	Windows 7: Support data generated if quitting using task manager when "About Audacity" is open.
2100	P5	RESOLVED	AIFF exports GT 4GB are trapped but, in German, error message is only for "WAV"
680	P5	RESOLVED	"Undo Recover" does not undo.