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Opened by Will Thompson@wjtDeveloper

GMail folder names containing emoji cause folder-not-found

Bug Summary

On every launch of Geary, and intermittently while I use it, I see an error banner:

Account problem Geary encountered a problem checking mail for thompson@endlessm.com.

I believe this is because I had a GMail label with emoji in it, “GitHub 🐙🐱”. I have renamed this label on the GMail web interface, but the problem persists, and the label with emoji still appears in the Geary sidebar.

Your installation

  • Geary version: 3.34.0
  • Installation method: Flathub
  • Desktop environment: Endless (GNOME-derived)
  • Operating system and version: Endless 3.8.0 (internal development branch)
  • Email provider: GMail

Steps to reproduce

  1. Launch Geary
  2. Wait 3-5 seconds
  3. Examine “GitHub” label.

What happened?

An error bar is displayed, the “GitHub” label still has its old, emoji-ful name. The unread count is always 16, even when the remote count changes. If I open the label, no messages are displayed.

What did you expect to happen?

No error bar; label names reflect current names on the Gmail web interface; unread counts are correct; and messages are displayed in the label.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

Account identifier: goa_account_1560946616_0  
Account provider: GEARY_SERVICE_PROVIDER_GMAIL  
Service type: GEARY_PROTOCOL_IMAP  
Service host: imap.gmail.com  
Error type: GearyEngineError 8  
Message: Folder GearyImapEngineGmailFolder(goa_account_1560946616_0:>GitHub 🐙🐱) (open_count=1 remote_opened=false) not available  

Back trace:  
 * unknown  
 * unknown  
 * unknown  
 * unknown  
 * g_subprocess_communicate_utf8  
 * g_task_attach_source  
 * unknown  
 * g_subprocess_communicate_utf8  
 * g_task_attach_source  
 * unknown  
 * g_subprocess_communicate_utf8  
 * g_task_attach_source  
 * unknown  
 * g_subprocess_communicate_utf8  
 * g_task_attach_source  
 * unknown  
 * g_subprocess_communicate_utf8  
 * g_task_attach_source  
 * unknown  
 * unknown  
 * g_main_context_dispatch  
 * g_main_context_dispatch  
 * g_main_context_iteration  
 * g_application_run  
 * unknown  
 * __libc_start_main  
 * unknown

I have a complete log from org.gnome.Geary --debug but I would want to redact it for folder names, or share it privately.

Edited by Michael Gratton