1284284 - calendar entries don't appear if a remote server is offline

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Calendar :: Calendar Frontend, defect)

Description

[Tim [:pollti]]

STR:
#Add a WebDAV network calendar to Tunderbird/Lightning with offline support and writing permission.
#Completely swith off the webserver.
#Create a new event via menu or by creating it directly in the day/week view. Tasks are affected as well.

Actual result:
The event doesn't show up in day/week/… views directly.
The event does show up after restarting.
This happens if the server is offline, but not if I switch off my computer's Wi-Fi.

Expected result:
The event should show up directly.

Comment 1

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][☁️📆]]

Is this still an issue? Can you enable calendar.debug.log and calendar.debug.log.verbose and see what happens when doing so? Does it maybe work after a timeout?

I have another bug somewhere that suggestes to make changes offline first, then sync immediately if the user is supposedly online. That would fix this case, and is probably the best I can suggest anyway.

I'm closing this bug for now (INCOMPLETE for lack of duplicate bug id) if the logs suggest this is something else (error messages, some request loop, etc) then please reopen.

Comment 2

[Tim [:pollti]]

You seem to be right: after a timeout the event appears and the logs list appropriate information, so this behavior seems to be intended for now (although it could be a little confusing - the timout is about 20 seconds).

Probably, creating the item offline first would fix this then. However, I'm not sure about possible regressions (could be problematic with events that have also been changed on the server before, but it should be fixable).

Thanks for your comment!