[Bug]: Custom Folders are gone after restart

[punkhop]

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Bug description

I added a few network locations to the custom catalog. QS scans just fine and I can search, but if I restart the Mac, the custom catalog is empty and my locations are gone. I have to re-add them to the catalog every boot.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install QS 2.4.2
2. Open Custom Catalog and configure several folders to be scanned on different sub-folder levels
3. Restart the computer
4. All the custom folders are gone

Expected behavior

Custom catalog folders should remain in the catalog

MacOS Version

macOS 13

Quicksilver Version

2.4.2

Relevant Plugins

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Additional info

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[n8henrie]

Is this only with network folders, or with regular folders set as custom catalog entries as well?

My custom folders are working as expected in spite of restarts, I can't reproduce this quite yet.

This kind of seems like yet another plist problem.

I'm able to see my custom entries in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Quicksilver/Catalog.plist.

$ grep -F '~/Sync/Launch/HomeMade' ~/Library/Application\ Support/Quicksilver/Catalog.plist
                                <string>~/Sync/Launch/HomeMade</string>

Can you run the command above, replacing ~/Sync/Launch/HomeMade with one of your custom entries, and see if it shows up in your Catalog.plist?

If it shows up there -- is it still there after a restart (when that item has disappeared from your catalog)?

If so, I wonder if this is another version of #3009 -- where it seems like the catalog may not be getting scanned at all?

[punkhop]

Not just network folders - I added a local folder to my Custom catalog and when I restart, the Custom panel is empty.

My ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver folder shows up as an alias, not a folder, and when I try to open the alias, the original can't be found.

[n8henrie]

My ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver folder shows up as an alias, not a folder, and when I try to open the alias, the original can't be found.

That sounds like a problem. Can you tell where the alias was pointing?

[punkhop]

It points to its own location, where there is no folder.

[punkhop]

I deleted the alias and made a folder called Quicksilver in Application Support. Re-launched QS, it created its Actions/Catalog/etc files in my new folder.

Added a folder to the Custom Catalog. It indexed and I was able to search. 4000 files indexed inside.
Restarted my Mac. Folder is still in the catalog (an improvement), but index has been reset with no files indexed.

[n8henrie]

How weird. Well I guess I would recommend deleting the alias and reinstalling QS (to repopulate the contents).

[n8henrie]

What is your rescan frequency?

This is now sounding a lot like #3009

[punkhop]

Deleted alias. Reinstalled. Application Support folder built itself correctly.

I added my network folder to Custom. Set depth to 2. It indexed. I was able to search.

Rebooted. Network folder is still in Custom, depth still 2, but 0 files indexed unless I manually rescan. Rescan frequency was set to 1 hour.