** Description changed:
+ [ Impact ]
+
+ Autosave files are not removed from evolution local state directories
+ (and windows leaked)
+
+
+ [ Test case ]
+
+ 1. Open evolution, and start to compose a new email
+ 2. Write enough text and wait few minutes so that this command returns a file
+ ls -l ~/.local/share/evolution/.evolution-composer.autosave-*
+ 3. Close the email composer window, hitting "Do not save"
+ 4. ls -l ~/.local/share/evolution/.evolution-composer.autosave-* should list
no files
+ 5. Opening and closing again evolution should not ask to restore the previous
email
+
+
+ [ Regression potential ]
+
+ No sounds could be performed during some UI actions
+
+ ---
+
Running Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. Evolution v3.44.1-0ubuntu1 was
installed with the distribution on a new system and received settings
imported from an earlier version on another computer.
When composing an email, if the process takes long enough an autosave
file is created as ~/.local/share/evolution/.evolution-
composer.autosave-xxxxxx ("xxxxxx" is a random 6 character string). When
the email is successfully sent, the autosave file SHOULD be deleted.
It's not. When evolution is shut down and restarted I'm asked if I want
to recover an unfinished email. Answering No to this will delete the
autosave file, but otherwise it persists and the recovery query recurs
the next time I open evolution.
Other people are having the same issue, see
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/1972. The Gnome people
aren't dealing with it, perhaps considering it a distro-specific bug.
On a system used by many people this is a potential security issue.
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