"Install/Update -> Trust" preference page can't be opened on Linux because of StackOverflowError

[iloveeclipse]

Tried to open "Install/Update -> Trust" preference page and go this error few times, with no chance to see it.

Finally got it working by maximizing the Preferences dialog before switching to the "Trust" page.
I assume the dialog opens, detects that size doesn't fin on the screen and then the endless loop starts.

eclipse.buildId=4.38.0.I20250917-0250
java.version=25
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments:  -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 -data /data/4x_platform_workspace

org.eclipse.ui
Error
Wed Sep 17 13:15:35 CEST 2025
Unhandled event loop exception

org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Failed to execute runnable (java.lang.StackOverflowError)
	at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4946)
	at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4861)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:135)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:5074)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:4543)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:824)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:804)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.OpenPreferencesAction.run(OpenPreferencesAction.java:64)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:474)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:581)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.lambda$4(ActionContributionItem.java:415)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:91)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:5884)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1656)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:5099)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:4540)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1151)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1042)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:153)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:678)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:583)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:173)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:185)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:219)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:115)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:467)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:298)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:565)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:627)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:575)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1431)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1403)
Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.swt_fixed_resize(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Scrollable.resizeHandle(Scrollable.java:583)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.resizeHandle(Composite.java:1596)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1115)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.setBounds(Composite.java:1653)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table.setBounds(Table.java:3406)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1012)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.layoutTableTree(AbstractColumnLayout.java:229)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.layout(AbstractColumnLayout.java:257)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.TableColumnLayout.updateColumnData(TableColumnLayout.java:110)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.lambda$0(AbstractColumnLayout.java:76)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:91)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:5884)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1656)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1682)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1661)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn.gtk_size_allocate(TableColumn.java:425)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.windowProc(Widget.java:2650)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:6191)
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.swt_fixed_resize(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Scrollable.resizeHandle(Scrollable.java:589)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.resizeHandle(Composite.java:1596)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1115)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.setBounds(Composite.java:1653)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table.setBounds(Table.java:3406)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1012)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.layoutTableTree(AbstractColumnLayout.java:229)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.layout(AbstractColumnLayout.java:257)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.TableColumnLayout.updateColumnData(TableColumnLayout.java:110)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.lambda$0(AbstractColumnLayout.java:76)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:91)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:5884)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1656)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1682)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1661)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn.gtk_size_allocate(TableColumn.java:425)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.windowProc(Widget.java:2650)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:6191)
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.swt_fixed_resize(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Scrollable.resizeHandle(Scrollable.java:583)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.resizeHandle(Composite.java:1596)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1115)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.setBounds(Composite.java:1653)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table.setBounds(Table.java:3406)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1012)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.layoutTableTree(AbstractColumnLayout.java:229)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.layout(AbstractColumnLayout.java:257)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.TableColumnLayout.updateColumnData(TableColumnLayout.java:110)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.lambda$0(AbstractColumnLayout.java:76)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:91)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:5884)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1656)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1682)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1661)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn.gtk_size_allocate(TableColumn.java:425)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.windowProc(Widget.java:2650)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:6191)
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.swt_fixed_resize(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Scrollable.resizeHandle(Scrollable.java:589)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.resizeHandle(Composite.java:1596)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1115)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.setBounds(Composite.java:1653)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table.setBounds(Table.java:3406)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1012)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.layoutTableTree(AbstractColumnLayout.java:229)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.layout(AbstractColumnLayout.java:257)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.TableColumnLayout.updateColumnData(TableColumnLayout.java:110)
	at org.eclipse.jface.layout.AbstractColumnLayout.lambda$0(AbstractColumnLayout.java:76)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:91)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:5884)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1656)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1682)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1661)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn.gtk_size_allocate(TableColumn.java:425)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.windowProc(Widget.java:2650)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:6191)
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.swt_fixed_resize(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Scrollable.resizeHandle(Scrollable.java:583)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.resizeHandle(Composite.java:1596)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.setBounds(Control.java:1115)

 ... more of that ... 

[akurtakov]

Same buildId - I can't reproduce the problem on Fedora 42.

[laeubi]

I see jface in the stack, I see swt in the stack I see eclipse.ui/e4 in the stack... what I'm missing is anything that points to P2... just an observation.

[iloveeclipse]

Same buildId - I can't reproduce the problem on Fedora 42.

I guess it depends on the GTK version and/or on the specific content width in the table. See #947 with the fix that works for me.

[iloveeclipse]

Here how it looks like for me if fixed:

[merks]

That doesn't look the way it should look:

It seems to me a GTK bug and should be fixed to not have this problem.

[akurtakov]

@iloveeclipse Is it broken for you if you use Adwaita theme?

[iloveeclipse]

Is it broken for you if you use Adwaita theme?

Yes, same error:

[akurtakov]

What about June/March releases ? Do they fail in the same way? If they fail now and didn't in the past it should be a system update.

[iloveeclipse]

I see same issue on 4.35.

[laeubi]

I tried with

Version: 2025-09 M1 (4.37.0 M1)
Build id: 20250710-0826

and it seems to be the same, I just don't get an error dialog and it does not help to maximize, the preference page simply does not open and eclipse seems to "freeze"...

Peek.2025-09-17.17-29.mp4

[iloveeclipse]

4.30 seem to be OK.