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Flameshot holding lock on GPG database #4446

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Flameshot Version

Flameshot v13.3.0 (-)
Compiled with Qt 6.10.0

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Linux, MacOS, or Windows Package manager (apt, pacman, eopkg, choco, brew, ...)

Operating System type and version

Linux work-nixos 6.12.57 #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Nov 2 13:15:23 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Description

Flameshot is acquiring and holding a lock on the GPG database. I have not configured flameshot to touch gpg in any way (nor do I see any way or reason to do so). Killing the flameshot service removes the lock.

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┌─[notroot@work-nixos] - [~/git/packer-test] - [2025-12-16 10:29:56]
└─[128] {nix-shell-env } <git:(master a0ead56)> gpg -k 
gpg: Note: database_open 134217901 waiting for lock (held by 3167) ...
gpg: Note: database_open 134217901 waiting for lock (held by 3167) ...
gpg: Note: database_open 134217901 waiting for lock (held by 3167) ...
gpg: Note: database_open 134217901 waiting for lock (held by 3167) ...
gpg: Note: database_open 134217901 waiting for lock (held by 3167) ...
gpg: keydb_search_first failed: Connection timed out
┌─[notroot@work-nixos] - [~/git/packer-test] - [2025-12-16 10:30:11]
└─[2] {nix-shell-env } <git:(master a0ead56)> cat /proc/3167/cmdline  
/nix/store/bpgjbx8yla5szahmiqcd60iazxzamnqg-flameshot-13.3.0/bin/flameshot%                                                                                                                                                           
┌─[notroot@work-nixos] - [~/git/packer-test] - [2025-12-16 10:30:25]

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