Powertoys Run lags after typing a single character

[gioleppe]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.53.1

Running as admin

• Yes

Area(s) with issue?

PowerToys Run

Steps to reproduce

Press alt + space and start typing a word
PowerToysReport_2022-01-08-19-39-49.zip

✔️ Expected Behavior

The typing should be smooth, and the word should appear as I type it on the keyboard

❌ Actual Behavior

The first character appears instantly, subsequent ones lag by a few seconds. Results are not updated until the word is completely typed.

Software

OS info:
Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 21H2
Installed on ‎7/‎31/‎2021
OS build 22000.376
Serial number LR0EV2RA
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.376.0

HW Specs

Device name LAPTOP-NUO67H1O
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 4700U with Radeon Graphics 2.00 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.4 GB usable)

[gioleppe]

Update: the bug doesn't seem to occur when prepending "?", "??", "=", "//", "<", ":", "{", "%%" or ">" to the query string, while the "$", ".", "!", prefix symbols seem to be affected as well, at least on my setup.

[KatyPurry]

I have exactly the same behavior.

Powertoys 0.53.1
Windows 11 / OS build 22000.376

[denesberta]

I have the same issue too.

Powertoys 0.53.1
Windows 10 / OS build 19043.1415
CPU: i7-8700K
RAM: 24 GB

[jaimecbernardo]

I've just tried to revert some changes, and it seems that this change introduced this delay:
#15033

[jaimecbernardo]

For testing fixing the issue of "Delay after first character is input", would you mind installing a (non-signed) debug build to test if it fixes it?
https://github.com/jaimecbernardo/PowerToys/releases/tag/0.0.1-test-fix-issue-15395-ptrun-slowness

First uninstall your current installation of PowerToys, then install this fix build and test it.
@gioleppe
@Zazou49
@Dini108

Thanks, in advance.

[gioleppe]

Of course, I will do it as soon as I get home :)

[erictbar]

@jaimecbernardo

I tried your build. Does not lag after first run, but it crashes on other occasions:

1. Pres ctrl+alt+space to launch PT Run
2. Type "term"
3. Press down arrow then up arrow to select Windows Terminal
4. Press delete
5. Press any arrow key

PS Run will exit

This was replicated about 10 times in a row, but appears to be working for now.

PowerToysReport_2022-01-10-10-40-53.zip

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi @erictbar

Thanks for testing it.

I'm not actually seeing the mentioned 10 crashes in the logs you just sent though.
Even PowerToys Run is started only 3 times in the logs for this build, so I'm not sure how it could've crashed 10 times.
I've also tried replicating it on this new test installer, but without success.
Wonder where it came from. So, you're unable to replicate it anymore?

[gioleppe]

@jaimecbernardo the dev version you provided seems to work fine for me. I tried to replicate @erictbar 's bug but I couldn't, everything is fine on my side.

If you want I can provide logs

[crispinb]

@jaimecbernardo - your debug build from worked for me for this issue, and hasn't caused any other problems thus far.

(arrived here from #15395 (comment))

[jaimecbernardo]

Thanks @gioleppe @crispinb.
I'm guessing that's some good confirmation already.

[erictbar]

@jaimecbernardo

Correct. And perhaps it wasn't a full crash, but it froze then disappeared. The 3 times might have been when it was bad enough that I had to toggle it off. It has been working.

One thing I noticed is sometimes when I search, I get a warning that "not all files are indexed":

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I recently switched Windows settings to Enhanced indexing, though settings shows that there is 0 pending indexed file.

Edit: Found a fix here #15161 but just leaving this here in case Windows indexing could be a part of the issue,

[erictbar]

Happened again. Two times in a row. I forgot what I typed then. But now it is occurring consistently when I type "fidel" or "Apple Ca", "Eric B" or "winc" Freezes until I toggle off PT Run.

PowerToysReport_2022-01-10-16-30-38.zip

The only thing that these words have in common is that they are files or folders on an external drive that is BitLocker encrypted.*

Restarting the PC seems to have fixed it. I did the following before restarting:

1. Remove the drive containing the suspected words from USB, tried again, crashed, plug back in
2. Switch back to Classic search, issue persists

*After the computer restarted, I typed in the results again and the results all contain folders or files in %USERPROFILE%\iCloudDrive. iCloud is running on the PC and I have had freezes with File Explorer while using it recently, so that might be the culprit.

[crutkas]

@jaimecbernardo is this the tracking issue with everything dup'ed into?

[franky920920]

[Off topic] Oops! Pasted on the wrong tab....

[jaimecbernardo]

@jaimecbernardo is this the tracking issue with everything dup'ed into?

@crutkas , yes let's make it this one.

[franky920920]

@crutkas / @jaimecbernardo Are we releasing 0.53.2? If so, there should be a few more issues that could be resolved with it in if possible.

[jaimecbernardo]

@franky920920 , which ones?

[franky920920]

Like the duplicates of loading the web search plugin for PT run.

[franky920920]

@jaimecbernardo #15344, like we do hotfix #14701.

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Also maybe #15305 with PR #15324 is pending review to being merged
#11511 is this is possible for @davidegiacometti since that's an in-progress p-1 item
#15420 for reverting #15033

[jaimecbernardo]

@franky920920 , #15344 seems to be caused by a third-party plugin having been manually installed by the user, with a name which conflicts with our newly released "Web Search" plugin. (Check #15396 (comment) )
Non-officially supported scenario + we have to choose a way to "change" telemetry if we want to fix it (duplicate plugin name). Hotfix sounds unlikely.

[franky920920]

@jaimecbernardo Got it, I do miss #15396 (comment) :)

Please note there is three more issue/PRs I did edit into the previous comment.

[jaimecbernardo]

Thanks @franky920920

#15420 is the one that fixes this issue :)
#15305 issue is just that it gets written in the logs, not a user facing issue. But no harm in getting it included, anyway. Will take a look ;)

#11511 is not a regression. It should be treated like an usual fix, I think.

[jaimecbernardo]

@franky920920 , we'll try to include #15344 in the hotfix after all.

[firefox97]

For testing fixing the issue of "Delay after first character is input", would you mind installing a (non-signed) debug build to test if it fixes it? https://github.com/jaimecbernardo/PowerToys/releases/tag/0.0.1-test-fix-issue-15395-ptrun-slowness

First uninstall your current installation of PowerToys, then install this fix build and test it. @gioleppe @Zazou49 @Dini108

Thanks, in advance.

The patch works for me!! Without it it is not usable! Thanks!

[franky920920]

@firefox97 This is shipped with 0.53.3 release. Please update to the latest version with this patched!

@crutkas This should be closed as shipped.

[Jay-o-Way]

Should the hotfix be under Project .53 or .55?

[crutkas]

The was fixed in in 0.53.3 / 0.55. Head over to https://aka.ms/installpowertoys to try it out