elementary / elementary/gala

Wait/Force Quit dialog keeps appearing after app has become responsive and can cause a system crash

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Description

### What Happened?

An app (Code) was performing a time consuming activity (cloning) during which it was unresponsive. The "Wait/Force Quit" dialog appeared (although app did not hang). After pressing "Wait" a couple of times the app finished its work and became responsive. The "Wait/Force Quit" dialog nevertheless kept reappearing. The app was closed. The "Wait/Force Quit" dialog still reappeared. When "Force Quite" was pressed the whole system crashed.

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Start an app and perform a time/cpu heavy operation
2. Note "Wait/Force Quit" dialog appears - press "Wait"
3. Wait for operation to finish
4. Note "Wait/Force Quit" dialog keeps appearing - press "Wait"
5. Close the app
6. Note "Wait/Force Quit" dialog keeps appearing - press "Force Quit"
7. CRASH

### Expected Behavior

The "Force/Quit" dialog should stop appearing when the related app becomes responsive.

### OS Version

8.x (Circe)

### Session Type

Classic Session (X11, This is the default)

### Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

### Log Output

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### Hardware Info

_No response_

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