thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Cannot fetch E-Mails on any account when a single account is offline
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Description
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- I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
App
Thunderbird for Android
App version
18.0
Where did you get the app from?
F-Droid
Android version
Android 16 GrapheneOS
Device model
Google Pixel 9a
Steps to reproduce
- have multiple email accounts set up
- one account's mail server is not reachable (locked behind a VPN which i don't want to enable every time i check for emails)
- pull down to refresh inbox
Expected behavior
i can immediately fetch emails from other accounts using the pull-down gesture
Actual behavior
the pull-down-to-refresh gesture does not fetch any emails on any account.
fetching email in the background works perfectly normal.
i need to restart the app or wait for the background sync interval to eventually receive any emails on other accounts.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the problem in Thunderbird for Android with multiple accounts and one unreachable mail server, then trace the pull-down-to-refresh flow and compare it with background sync. Done means refreshing fetches mail from reachable accounts without requiring an app restart or waiting for the background interval.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100