[BUG] A Tooltip of a Git commit title can often display unexpectedly, then get stuck on the screen and block other apps

[ozmium]

The SourceGit app for Ubuntu Linux is great. However, I noticed that a Tool-tip can appear at random, to show a Git history title. Furthermore, this Tooltip can often get stuck on the screen, and it's difficult to get rid of it. This is bad because it disrupts the normal operation of both SourceGit and other apps.

Steps to reproduce the bug, using SourceGit 2025.12

Screencast.from.2025-04-11.16.45.04.SourceGit.Bug.with.popup.tooltip.1.mp4

1. Launch SourceGit 2025.12 on Ubuntu Linux 22, using Wayland windowing system.
2. Clone a Git repository that contains some Git Merges. A good example is the SourceGit repository on GitHub.
3. Open the project in SourceGit and click on a Merge Commit in the Git history.
4. On the INFORMATION panel, move the mouse over "MESSAGE" and observe

Expected Result

• No Tooltip should appear, because the mouse is not hovering over a Git history item.
• The tooltip should not get stuck, so that it blocks other apps.
• If a tooltip does appear, it should automatically close itself when the mouse is moved.

Actual Result

• An unexpected Tool Tip displays over the list of files. It's confusing and unwanted, because the mouse is not hovering of the Git history list.
• The tooltip gets stuck, so that it blocks both SourceGit and other apps.
• The tool tip does not automatically close itself when the mouse is moved, or after a time period.
• There is no easy way to get rid of the unwanted tooltip.

Impact on customers

• The tooltip disrupts using the whole computer, because it's displayed on top of everything, and it blocks access to all apps underneath it.
• The tooltip is unwanted, since I am not hovering over the Git commit history. It's confusing.
• When you click on the Tooltip, nothing happens, which causes more confusion. In the video, I click on the Tooltip several times, and it just stays there.
• It's difficult to remove the tooltip.

[gadfly3173]

#810 What I observed was that the git show command took too long to execute, longer than the time the mouse hovered on the SHA.

[ozmium]

• For me, it happens about 30% of the time. So it's not all the time, but enough to cause a usability problem.
• Sometimes 2 Tooltips will display, and both of them will be stuck on the screen.
• A workaround to remove the Tooltip is to click on a different commit in the history list. But this is not a good way to use the app.
• @gadfly3173 describes a better way to make the bug happen more often. Please see The Tip of Commit SHA sometimes remain on the screen #810 (comment)

[gadfly3173]

• A workaround to remove the Tooltip is to click on a different commit in the history list. But this is not a good way to use the app.

Hover on the SHA again also can clear the tooltip.

[love-linger]

Fixed. You can download the latest CI build from Github Action.

[ozmium]

Thanks for trying to fix this so quickly 👍.

Just to let you know, unfortunately, I still see the issue happening. It's not fixed for me.

Screencast.from.2025-04-14.17.33.24.SourceGit.bug.1178.still.happening.on.2025.13.mp4

Tested using:

• SourceGit version 2025.13, released on 14 April 2025
• Download link: https://github.com/sourcegit-scm/sourcegit/releases/download/v2025.13/sourcegit-2025.13.linux.amd64.AppImage
• Ubuntu Linux 22, using Wayland

Note:

• For me, this problem does not happen on the MacOS version of SourceGit. It only happens on the Linux version.

[love-linger]

You should test the latest CI build not from release.

https://github.com/sourcegit-scm/sourcegit/actions/runs/14437063180