System freeze on bulk rename

[Ajmal]

Ubuntu 20.04
Nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1

Bug:
I have 8 files named as file-1.jpg, file-2.jpg, ... file-8.jpg
When I select them all and rename using template as 'file-[1, 2, 3]' in descending order, the system freezes. Perhaps because the files already exist with same name?

I was expecting the files to be renamed in descending series - file-1.jpg as file-8.jpg, file-2.jpg as file-7.jpg and so on..

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-53.60~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-53-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.17
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May 19 00:44:49 2021
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'161'
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(891, 546)'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-24 (389 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Was it a one time issue or could you trigger it again with the same steps?

When you said 'system freeze' could you describe what was frozen exactly and how? Would the screen stop refreshing including clock not changing? Would mouse click not work?

Do you have the 'journalctl' log from that session?

[Ajmal (ajmal-alavi)]

I was able to reproduce the bug again, this time with 4 blank text files.

As soon as I click rename button, nautilus freezes and stops responding but other applications continue to work. After a minute or so, other applications too freeze including the clock. Mouse pointer moves but not smoothly. Mouse clicks don't work, system fans are in full speed and HDD activity LED is on.

The only way to get system work again was hard reboot.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Could you do 'journalctl -b 1 > journal' (if that's the first restart after the issue otherwise adapt the number) and add the journal log to the bug?

[Ajmal (ajmal-alavi)]

journalctl log from past one hour attached.

[Ajmal (ajmal-alavi)]

Screenshot just before reproducing the bug also attached.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks, the journal doesn't really include details but it seems a shell issue

[Khalid Abu Shawarib (khalid-shawarib)]

This is a known upstream bug: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/1443

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

There is a fix proposed on https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/575