hang Alfred Preferences Regularly Hanging

[iandol]

Recently, when I open Alfred Preferences I am getting regular hangs when performing many different tasks, for example searching for a workflow, selecting a workflow. The spin takes a couple of minutes then finishes so it is not a crash. I can't find a repeatable set of steps, this is general. Sonoma 14.6.1 and Alfred 5.5 2257

 

I attach a spindump from activity monitor and the report one gets when force quitting a hung app:

 

https://file.io/SQVhyoF50LRC

Edited September 10 by iandol

[Andrew]

@iandol The pause is while Alfred is trying to load a custom workflow icon. Do you have synced prefs? If so, it's likely they aren't stored locally:

 

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/advanced/sync/#always-offline

 

If you are syncing your prefs, and they are already marked as available offline, try temporarily moving the prefs to a local folder.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[iandol]

You are right, I have some Dropbox sync issues so offline files are not properly syncing (I work in China and everything has to be through a VPN). Re-syncing the prefs and the hanging has stopped, thank you!