microsoft / microsoft/markitdown
The program has become unresponsive.
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Description
When I used Markitdown to parse an XLSX file with a size of 80 megabytes (containing over 4.6 million rows of data), the program ran for eight hours and then became unresponsive.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the report with the 80 MB XLSX file containing over 4.6 million rows. Investigate why Markitdown becomes unresponsive after running for eight hours, then verify that parsing completes or fails in a bounded, observable way without hanging.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100