"The library has been modified by another program" while no other program is active on the library

[bernhard-kleine]

JabRef version on

JabRef 5.0-dev--snapshot--2019-03-26--master--83c802269
Windows 7 6.1 amd64
Java 1.8.0_201

• [+] I have tested the latest development version from http://builds.jabref.org/master/ and the problem persists

Whenever I add a group, add entries to that group and likewise, the message pops up.

I checked whether a second jabref instance was active, none was.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. open a library
2. add a group "test" and press enter, then you can save the group.
3. add some entries to test. The message will pop up.
4. ...
5. ...

Log File

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[matthiasgeiger]

Same version JabRef 5.0-dev--snapshot--2019-03-26--master--83c802269 on Windows 10 10.0 amd64 with Java 1.8.0_201:

Working fine for me...

[bernhard-kleine]

I will enquire further. It did appear not at once but a short time later the exact time I missed:
After I added "sleep" to the supergroup "Physiological Reactions" the messages appeared:
Added sleep
Saving library
Saved ".....bib".
At that time the Pop-Up "The library had been modified....." appeared.

[Siedlerchr]

Do you use Autosave and is your file in a cloud folder, e.g. synced with dropbox?

[bernhard-kleine]

I cleared the log befor proceding. Then I added to "Physiological Reaction" the subgroup "Test".
The log shows:

Opening: C:\Users\bk\AppData\Local\Temp\jabref2029372894609818251.bib
Opening: C:\Users\bk\AppData\Local\Temp\jabref2029372894609818251.bib
Opening: C:\Users\bk\AppData\Local\Temp\jabref2029372894609818251.bib
Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 10435: EOF in mid-string'. Skipped entry.
Opening: K:\BuchprojektSpringer\VierteAuflage\Literatur\EndokrinologieKunde20190320VS5.0.bib
Opening: K:\BuchprojektSpringer\VierteAuflage\Literatur\EndokrinologieKunde20190320VS5.0.bib
Opening: K:\BuchprojektSpringer\VierteAuflage\Literatur\EndokrinologieKunde20190320VS5.0.bib
Opening: K:\BuchprojektSpringer\VierteAuflage\Literatur\EndokrinologieKunde20190320VS5.0.bib

[bernhard-kleine]

@Siedlerchr Autosave is checked/on
No cloud, all at the desktop.

[bernhard-kleine]

The Pop-Up is also there when autosave is unchecked.

[matthiasgeiger]

Maybe threading/Timing issue in real big databases where saving is Not yet finished when another save run is started?

[bernhard-kleine]

The actual library has 7 Mb, 2800 entries, which I do not regard as very large. But you may be correct, a timing problem. BTW the actual library and the c: drive where the temp files are saved to are on fast SSD drives.

[bernhard-kleine]

@matthiasgeiger : Today the error message appeared immediately upon opening Jabref, there was however, a backup from which the library was restored.

[koppor]

Also explained at #4167 (comment).

Refs #5085.

[tobiasdiez]

This should be fixed in the latest development version. Could you please check the build from http://builds.jabref.org/master/. Thanks! Please remember to make a backup of your library before trying-out this version.