[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 139547] New: Writer removes images from document during (auto)save operation

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139547

            Bug ID: 139547
           Summary: Writer removes images from document during (auto)save
                    operation
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 3.3.0 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: problemno199 at gmail.com

Description:
Images that were inserted into a Writer document were removed at some point.
This is an *EXTREMELY* severe problem: if the 'save button' in a program does
not (reliably) work, then why would you use that program?

This is also not a new problem; as I found out that version 5 also suffered
from this. Why this bug has not been solved is baffling to me... It is a *VERY*
good reason *NOT* to use LibreOffice.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Take screen capture
2. Paste screen capture in document
3. Save document
4. Pick a random number N between 0 and 100. If N < 2 then some images are
removed
Else: go to 1.


Actual Results:
As someone who codes, I *fully* understand the question. The problem is that
the moment when the images were removed is unknown. It happened at some point
in the past, and I don't scan the document for missing images each and every
time I press "save" (or at each event of "autosave").

Expected Results:
Inserted images should *ALWAYS* be present. What is the point of a 'save'
button that actually *removes* data during the operation? I don't recall a
warning or error message like: "Hard disk full - cannot save document; free up
some hard disk space and try again".


Reproducible: Sometimes


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
The document that was affected was updated hundreds of times: often with small
changes/additions of text and images. Total file size was less than 10 Mb.

Google-ing this bug, I noticed that this bug was present in previous versions
of both OpenOffice and LibreOffice (version 7.1 caused random crashes, I had to
go back to version 6.2.2.2). This bug is so severe that I would recommend *NOT*
using LibreOffice to create documents that include images!!!

There may be a difference between: 
- inserting an image from clipboard (e.g.: a screen capture which is pasted
into the document) and 
- "insert image" by using a file browser and pointing to an image file. Since I
never used this option I cannot tell if this avoids the bug. But the coding
path may be different.

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