btop 1.4.7 info panes freeze

[Brian Inglis]

On 2026-09-02 17:16, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2026 12:52:53 -0600
> Brian Inglis wrote:
>> On 2026-09-02 00:50, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote:
>>> On Tue, 1 Sep 2026 23:24:27 -0600
>>> Brian Inglis wrote:
>>>> Now with btop 1.4.7 it is less obvious when it freezes, as the info panes become
>>>> static, while the time display keeps updating, whereas in the previous release,
>>>> the time display also froze, making the need for a restart more obvious.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the report. Two questions.
>>> (1) When btop freezes, are all the info panes stopped,
>>>       while the time on the top middle is updating?
>>
>> As far as I can tell, nothing else, other than the top middle timestamp (update
>> period 60000ms), is being obviously updated e.g. uptime freezes.
>>
>>> (2) How often the issue happens?
>>
>> It happens every few days: Cygwin services run continuously between Cygwin Setup
>> upgrade runs or Windows patch restarts (the weekend before Patch Tuesdays).
>> I stay logged in running Xwin between those Cygwin startups.
> 
> That’s less frequent than I expected.
> Are you using btop 1.4.7 with cygwin 3.6.10?

It was infrequent in the previous release.
Yes I was and am running Cygwin 3.6.10.

Thanks very much for the quick update.
I am now running 1.4.7-2 and will report back in a few days.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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