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GNOME calendar doesn't save reminders

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: GNOME calendar doesn't save reminders
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:34:53 +0900

Hi,

There appears to be an issue with our GNOME calendar (the one accessible
from the top clock): reminders added to a calendar event are not saved
when pressing 'Save' after editing the event.  They are silently
dropped!

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

Message #8 received at 78015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noé Lopez <noelopez <at> free.fr>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>, 78015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: vivien <at> planete-kraus.eu, liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com,
 maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#78015: GNOME calendar doesn't save reminders
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:59:39 +0200

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Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> There appears to be an issue with our GNOME calendar (the one accessible
> from the top clock): reminders added to a calendar event are not saved
> when pressing 'Save' after editing the event.  They are silently
> dropped!
>

Can reproduce!

The dbus logs have the errors:
tail /home/noe/.local/state/shepherd/dbus.log
2025-04-23 18:48:54 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:48:54.398: e_source_registry_ref_builtin_calendar: assertion 'source != NULL' failed
2025-04-23 18:48:54 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:48:54.398: e_source_registry_ref_default_calendar: assertion 'E_IS_SOURCE (source)' failed
2025-04-23 18:48:54 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:48:54.398: e_source_hash: assertion 'E_IS_SOURCE (source)' failed
2025-04-23 18:48:54 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:48:54.751: e_source_registry_ref_builtin_calendar: assertion 'source != NULL' failed
2025-04-23 18:48:54 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:48:54.751: e_source_registry_ref_default_calendar: assertion 'E_IS_SOURCE (source)' failed
2025-04-23 18:48:54 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:48:54.751: e_source_hash: assertion 'E_IS_SOURCE (source)' failed
2025-04-23 18:48:54 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalCalendar-CRITICAL **: 18:48:54.768: gcal_calendar_get_name: assertion 'GCAL_IS_CALENDAR (self)' failed
2025-04-23 18:48:54 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalCalendar-CRITICAL **: 18:48:54.768: gcal_calendar_is_read_only: assertion 'GCAL_IS_CALENDAR (self)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:05 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalCalendar-CRITICAL **: 18:49:05.267: gcal_calendar_is_read_only: assertion 'GCAL_IS_CALENDAR (self)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:05 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalCalendar-CRITICAL **: 18:49:05.267: gcal_calendar_get_client: assertion 'GCAL_IS_CALENDAR (self)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:05 (gnome-calendar:3577): libecal-CRITICAL **: 18:49:05.267: e_cal_client_create_object: assertion 'E_IS_CAL_CLIENT (client)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:15 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:49:15.097: e_source_registry_ref_builtin_calendar: assertion 'source != NULL' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:15 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:49:15.097: e_source_registry_ref_default_calendar: assertion 'E_IS_SOURCE (source)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:15 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:49:15.097: e_source_hash: assertion 'E_IS_SOURCE (source)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:15 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalCalendar-CRITICAL **: 18:49:15.111: gcal_calendar_get_name: assertion 'GCAL_IS_CALENDAR (self)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:15 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalCalendar-CRITICAL **: 18:49:15.111: gcal_calendar_is_read_only: assertion 'GCAL_IS_CALENDAR (self)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:18 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalCalendar-CRITICAL **: 18:49:18.739: gcal_calendar_is_read_only: assertion 'GCAL_IS_CALENDAR (self)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:18 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalCalendar-CRITICAL **: 18:49:18.739: gcal_calendar_get_client: assertion 'GCAL_IS_CALENDAR (self)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:18 (gnome-calendar:3577): libecal-CRITICAL **: 18:49:18.739: e_cal_client_create_object: assertion 'E_IS_CAL_CLIENT (client)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:27 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:49:27.493: e_source_registry_ref_builtin_calendar: assertion 'source != NULL'
2025-04-23 18:49:27 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:49:27.493: e_source_registry_ref_default_calendar: assertion 'E_IS_SOURCE (source)' failed
2025-04-23 18:49:27 (gnome-calendar:3577): e-data-server-CRITICAL **: 18:49:27.493: e_source_hash: assertion 'E_IS_SOURCE (source)' failed

This hints that we have no calendar to save the events to, and indeed
when clicking on calendar on the top left it seems we have a nothing
calendar selected.

Clicking on manage agendas there is also an empty list. Adding an agenda
does not work with these logs:

2025-04-23 18:53:28 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalManager-WARNING **: 18:53:28.506: Error saving source: The name org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5 was not provided by any .service files
2025-04-23 18:53:33 (gnome-calendar:3577): GcalManager-WARNING **: 18:53:33.761: Error saving source: The name org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5 was not provided by any .service files

So, this might be our root issue? Can you reproduce the same errors?

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Message #11 received at 78015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
To: Noé Lopez <noelopez <at> free.fr>, Maxim Cournoyer
 <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>, 78015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: vivien <at> planete-kraus.eu
Subject: Re: bug#78015: GNOME calendar doesn't save reminders
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:33:56 +0200

Am Mittwoch, dem 23.04.2025 um 18:59 +0200 schrieb Noé Lopez:
> Can reproduce!
> 
> […]
> This hints that we have no calendar to save the events to, and indeed
> when clicking on calendar on the top left it seems we have a nothing
> calendar selected.
> 
> Clicking on manage agendas there is also an empty list. Adding an
> agenda does not work with these logs:
> […]
> 
> So, this might be our root issue? Can you reproduce the same errors?
To my knowledge, none of this should be happening.

$ guix show gnome
name: gnome
version: 46.10
outputs:
+ out: alles
systems: x86_64-linux
dependencies: […]
+ evolution-data-server <at> 3.54.3 […]

$ ls $(guix build evolution-data-server)/share/dbus-1/services/
org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.AddressBook10.service 
org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5.service
org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar8.service     
org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.UserPrompter0.service

These services should be copied over to the system profile as well. 
Now everything has the guix-daemon:guix-daemon permissions on my
machine, because I'm using an unprivileged daemon shortly after the
switch and maybe these permissions mean something – I still have to
confirm the actual issue.

On my machine, using Gnome Calendar to add event reminders, I get

(gnome-calendar:13557): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:30:41.555: actionhelper:
action event-editor-dialog.select-calendar can't be activated due to
parameter type mismatch (parameter type s, target type NULL)

whereas alarm notifications in Evolution work as expected.

Cheers

Message #16 received at 78015-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Noé Lopez <noelopez <at> free.fr>, vivien <at> planete-kraus.eu,
 78015-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78015: GNOME calendar doesn't save reminders
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:49:41 +0900

Hi,

I found out this was a known upstream issue resolved in release 47.0 of
gnome-calendar, so I've updated to it and tested: it now works as
expected!  I've updated it in commit 3c8427ca415, which
evolution-data-server updated in the previous commit for good measures.

Closing!  Thanks for your co-investigations.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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