[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 123425] New: External links fail to update

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123425

            Bug ID: 123425
           Summary: External links fail to update
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.2.0.3 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: mjbrady at acm.org

Description:
On FILEOPEN with numerous external links (to other LO workbooks mostly in the
same directory), warning comes up about external links being disabled; click on
enable box; file then opens normally and update - most but not all external
references. Throws no general error; the cells that were not updated show a
REFERENCE error. Forcing update using Alt-E-K "Links to External Files" in Edit
menu) then updates the references. Not a real killer problem, but it's
annoying. Has happened randomly in 6.x releases - some work correctly, others
don't. So I can't point to a specific thing that might be causing this, except
for the fact that the updates fail when enabling updates the first time after
opening the file. Never had the problem in 5.x.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open file with numerous external references. Should have references to at
least two external files.
2. When the warning about external references being disabled displays, click
ENABLE button.
3. Proceed to work with file. External references to one of the multiple
external files will show a REFERENCE error.
4. (Workaround) Enter Edit-"Links to External Files..." (keyboard shortcut
alt-E-K still works), select all external files, and click "Update" when
complete, Close. All external references will now be updated including those
not updated after opening.



Actual Results:
About 60% of the time, nothing unusual happens - everything updates as it
should. About 40% of the time, one file's links will not update and must be
updated manually.

Expected Results:
All external links would be updated after enabling them on FILEOPEN.


Reproducible: Sometimes


User Profile Reset: Yes


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
It's happening more often in the latest release (6.2). But it happened
occasionally with most of the 6.x releases. The same workaround is effective in
all of them. It *never* happened in 5.x.

Perhaps a timing or threading issue of some kind? 6.x seems to use more
multithreading than 5.x did.

Files involved have much personal information in them and cannot be cleaned up
for public release.

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