Running "Junk Mail Controls" does not appear in Activity Manager

[Jeb E.]

"Running Junk Mail Controls" does not appear in Activity Manager

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: thunderbird 1:60.6.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-17.18-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-17-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC2: jeb 3837 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: jeb 3837 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jeb 3837 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20190325141154
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 5 11:09:14 2019
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-17 (231 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.86.1 dev wlx7cdd90a9ad27 proto dhcp metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlx7cdd90a9ad27 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.86.0/24 dev wlx7cdd90a9ad27 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.86.25 metric 600
 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 linkdown
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
MostRecentCrashID: bp-28d5ae3f-24c9-47bb-9bd3-c0fb10180818
PrefSources: prefs.js
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=60.6.1/20190325141154 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-28d5ae3f-24c9-47bb-9bd3-c0fb10180818
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-19 (168 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080016
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: A880G+
dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080016:bd09/21/2011:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnA880G+:pvr:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnA880G+:rvr:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: A880G+
dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

This sounds like an upstream missing feature / bug. Would you mind filing it at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi#h=dupes%7CThunderbird, and sharing the link here?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/73.0.3683.86 Chrome/73.0.3683.86 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce:

From the 'Tools' menu, run "Junk Mail Controls"

Originally reported at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1823363

Actual results:

Process does not appear in Activity Manager

Expected results:

Process should appear in Activity Manager

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Thanks Paul for the upstream report!

[Jeb E. (jebeld17)]

Thank you for thanking me and letting me know! It's greatly appreciated.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019, 9:20 AM Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thanks Paul for the upstream report!
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1823363
>
> Title:
> Running "Junk Mail Controls" does not appear in Activity Manager
>
> Status in Mozilla Thunderbird:
> Confirmed
> Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> "Running Junk Mail Controls" does not appear in Activity Manager
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
> Package: thunderbird 1:60.6.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-17.18-generic 4.18.20
> Uname: Linux 4.18.0-17-generic x86_64
> AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
> ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC2: jeb 3837 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/controlC1: jeb 3837 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/controlC0: jeb 3837 F.... pulseaudio
> BuildID: 20190325141154
> Channel: Unavailable
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Fri Apr 5 11:09:14 2019
> Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
> ForcedLayersAccel: False
> IfupdownConfig:
> # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant
> compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-17 (231 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
> IpRoute:
> default via 192.168.86.1 dev wlx7cdd90a9ad27 proto dhcp metric 600
> 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlx7cdd90a9ad27 scope link metric 1000
> 192.168.86.0/24 dev wlx7cdd90a9ad27 proto kernel scope link src
> 192.168.86.25 metric 600
> 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1
> linkdown
> Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
> MostRecentCrashID: bp-28d5ae3f-24c9-47bb-9bd3-c0fb10180818
> PrefSources: prefs.js
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=60.6.1/20190325141154 (In use)
> RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
> SourcePackage: thunderbird
> SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-28d5ae3f-24c9-47bb-9bd3-c0fb10180818
> Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-19 (168 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2011
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 080016
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: A880G+
> dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080016:bd09/21/2011:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnA880G+:pvr:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnA880G+:rvr:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr:
> dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.product.name: A880G+
> dmi.product.s...

[Vseerror (vseerror)]

The design of activity manager is to log otherwise hidden automated/background functions, so they can be "seen". Manually initiated commands don't fit that category of event.