Automattic / Automattic/harper

Harper editor window hangs after one or two pasted text snippets

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Description

**Describe the bug**
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
When using the Harper desktop editor it works for the first time, on occasion two, but then it stays with the green "All Clear" Nothing I do seems to relieve this, neither toggle, nor full quite even a fresh install with brew-- this is MacOS

**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Go to '.Open Editor from mac top tab Harper icon..'
2. Click on 'Mac top tab iHarper icon...'
3. Scroll down to '.Paste into Editor window...'
4. See error - no error, just hangs

No error - hangs with the green "All Clear"

**Expected behavior**
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Run the grammar spell and show results

**Screenshots**
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--just the same editor screen hung with the "All Clear green button"

**Platform**
What platform has the issue? Is it in Obsidian, Chrome or Firefox, Visual Studio Code, the Desktop app, Neovim, or something else?
MacOS Tahoe

**Additional context**
Add any other context about the problem here.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the hang in the Harper desktop editor on MacOS Tahoe: open it from the Harper menu-bar icon and paste one or two text snippets. Check whether grammar and spelling results stop appearing while the green “All Clear” state remains. Done means repeated pastes continue to run the grammar and spell check and show results.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
macos
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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