explorer: add option to cancel file feature extraction
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Description
Enable users to cancel capa explorer analysis during file feature extraction step. This really only matters for very large files with a lot of file features.
Presently capa explorer displays a Cancel button but clicking it does nothing because we are not tracking individual extraction steps like we do while extracting function/basic block features. We will need to add this capability in order for users to be able to cancel.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in the capa explorer analysis flow at the file feature extraction step, comparing it with the existing function and basic-block extraction cancellation path. Check how the displayed Cancel button is wired; done means cancellation interrupts extraction for large files and the explorer stops cleanly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100