Error opening v1.54.1 and v1.54.2: failed to load accounts config: channel closed.

[rakoo]

• Operating System (Linux/Mac/Windows/iOS/Android): Manjaro
• Delta Chat Version: 1.54.1 or 1.54.2
• Expected behavior: it starts
• Actual behavior: it doesn't start
• Steps to reproduce the problem: try to start the program
• Logs:

2025-03-07T08:51:23.947Z	main/index            	INFO	""	"Deltachat Version 1.54.1 v1.54.1-makepkg 1739871136000"
2025-03-07T08:51:24.046Z	main/index            	INFO	""	"cwd /home/rako/.config/DeltaChat/accounts"
2025-03-07T08:51:24.050Z	main/deltachat        	INFO	""	"using deltachat-rpc-server at"	{"serverPath":"/usr/lib/deltachat-desktop/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@deltachat/stdio-rpc-server-linux-x64/deltachat-rpc-server"}
2025-03-07T08:51:24.054Z	main/deltachat        	INFO	""	"HI"
2025-03-07T08:51:24.054Z	main/deltachat        	INFO	""	"Ready, starting accounts io..."
2025-03-07T08:51:24.054Z	main/deltachat        	INFO	""	"Started accounts io."
2025-03-07T08:51:27.168Z	DC-RPC                	ERROR	"\nSocket.<anonymous> (file:///usr/lib/deltachat-desktop/app.asar/bundle_out/index.js:115:119),\nSocket.emit (node:events:518:28),\naddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12),\nreadableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3),\nReadable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5),\nPipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:191:23)"	"stderr: \u001b[2m2025-03-07T08:51:27.161786Z\u001b[0m \u001b[31mERROR\u001b[0m \u001b[2mdeltachat_rpc_server\u001b[0m\u001b[2m:\u001b[0m Fatal error: failed to load accounts config: channel closed."
2025-03-07T08:51:27.175Z	DC-RPC                	INFO	""	"child process exited with code 1"
2025-03-07T08:51:27.177Z	DC-RPC                	CRITICAL	"\nChildProcess.<anonymous> (file:///usr/lib/deltachat-desktop/app.asar/bundle_out/index.js:115:439),\nChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28),\nChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:293:12)"	"Fatal: The Delta Chat Core exited unexpectedly"	1

This started to happen with the migration to v1.54.1 and also failed with v1.54.2, I don't know what to do exactly to fix the issue

[WofWca]

Thanks for the report!

Other users are reporting a similar issue, and they say restarting the machine helps. Please see if this workaround works for you.

The error is printed here

deltachat-desktop/packages/target-electron/src/deltachat/stdio_server.ts

Line 96 in c0fdab6

log.critical('Fatal: The Delta Chat Core exited unexpectedly', code)

it means that the core process exited.

[rakoo]

Wow, rebooting actually solved the issue. Thanks !

[rakoo]

I'm closing this issue because I assume nothing specific will be done, I'll let you reopen if needed

[WofWca]

Yes, this probably needs to be investigated.

[r10s]

there is indeed sth. wrong. the same happens to me two times when playing around with the profile switcher (a reboot helped as well for me, but killing the correct process would probably do as well)

see #4700 (comment) - but i do not have a good way to reproduce this.