[Bug 309224] New: When ItemFetchJob fails, there is no visible error but the wheel spins forever

[Thiago Macieira]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309224

            Bug ID: 309224
          Severity: normal
           Version: git
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: When ItemFetchJob fails, there is no visible error but
                    the wheel spins forever
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: thiago at kde.org
          Hardware: Compiled Sources
            Status: NEW
         Component: libakonadi
           Product: Akonadi

When I enter a given folder that causes an Akonadi::ItemFetchJob to fail, the
"spinning wheel" distraction that replaces the folder icon will spin forever.
This happens in both Akonadi Console and in KMail.

The ItemFetchJob error was "Unable to fetch item from backend (collection 85,
resource -1)", but I'd argue that it's irrelevant what the error was.

The point is that there was an error and, though the user may be unable to do
anything to correct it, there should be a visible indication of that, including
possibly information to be transmitted to the developers to aid in fixing that
particular error. As it stands, the wheel spins forever, as if KMail or Akonadi
Console were waiting for something to happen.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter, for the first time, a folder that produces a fetch error
2. Note that the folder icon is replaced by the spinning wheel
Actual Results:  
The wheel remains spinning forever. No error message is shown, ever.

Expected Results:  
An error message should be displayed as soon as the fetch error was noticed.

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