btop 1.4.7 info panes freeze

[Takashi Yano]

Hi Brian,

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.

Are there any error messages in ~/.local/state/btop.log?

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>