KiCad 8.0.5 - Reopens after closing. Also got one strange crash

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Hi,

I’m having one little problem with KiCad 8.0.5 and 8.0.6 which re-opens a few seconds after being closed.
This happens whether there is an open project or not. The second instance won’t re-open once closed.
KiCad version info below.

I also encountered something strange under the pcb editor before switching from 8.0.5 to 8.0.6 .
As it happened only once, I couldn’t reproduce it so far, and don’t clearly remember after what actions this happened, but I was mainly doing some grouping / ungrouping, cutting / pasting, adding vias between components located inside a grounded area (and re-filling the area). Sometime among all this, one via of another grounded area got its net name changed and grayed. Furthermore, the undo history disappeared. After closing KiCad, a crash pop-up raised saying that a breakpoint was met.
I will update if I manage to reproduce.

Application: KiCad x64 on x64

Version: 8.0.6, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.6
FreeType 2.13.2
HarfBuzz 9.0.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.8.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1

Platform: Windows 10 (build 19045), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Oct 14 2024 01:02:33
wxWidgets: 3.2.6 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.85.0
OCC: 7.8.1
Curl: 8.8.0-DEV
ngspice: 43
Compiler: Visual C++ 1939 without C++ ABI

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Always post the version and OS info.

3

What version exactly ? can you paste your version info here please, you can get it from KiCad > Help > About KiCad > Copy Version Info

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I added the OS & KiCad infos.

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I also have this issue and I’m using 8.0.5

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x64 on x64

Version: 8.0.5, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.5
FreeType 2.13.2
HarfBuzz 9.0.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.8.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1

Platform: Windows 11 (build 22000), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
OpenGL: Intel, Intel(R) UHD Graphics 730, 4.6.0 - Build 30.0.101.1002

Build Info:
Date: Sep 7 2024 02:39:48
wxWidgets: 3.2.5 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.85.0
OCC: 7.8.1
Curl: 8.8.0-DEV
ngspice: 42
Compiler: Visual C++ 1939 without C++ ABI

Build settings:

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Do you have anonymous crash reporting enabled (it’s in the KiCad preferences under ‘Data collection’)? If so, please file a bug report and include your collection ID. You can make it confidential if you want only the lead devs to be able to see your collection ID.

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Same comment - please enable crash reporting and log a bug report if you experience a crash. We should be able to look up the details from your reporting ID.

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Sorry for not answering this earlier. I just enabled it, but didn’t have any crash since the last one.
However, KiCad always re-opens once after being closed.

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Have you tried with 8.0.6?

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Yes, same problem with 8.0.6.

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Do you have some kind of built-in or add-on software to the OS that saves the running applications on shutdown to reopen them after the OS has restarted? Could it be misbehaving?

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No. Only happened each time I closed with KiCad. However the problem didn’t occur the last two times I used it. Very strange. I will update if the problem comes back.