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PipeWire’s JACK frontend causes Ardour 7 to deadlock on exit

  • PipeWire version (pipewire --version): 0.3.59
  • Distribution and distribution version (PRETTY_NAME from /etc/os-release): EndeavourOS
  • Desktop Environment: XFCE 4.16
  • Kernel version (uname -r): 6.0.2-arch1-1

Description of Problem:

When using Ardour 7 with PipeWire acting as a JACK implementation, exiting the program causes it to encounter a deadlock.

This issue was reported to Ardour, but according to x42, this seems to be a threading bug in PipeWire.

How Reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open Ardour
  2. Create a new project
  3. Save the project
  4. Quit Ardour

Actual Results:

Ardour exits

Expected Results:

Ardour does not exit – the window remains open but the program is unresponsive

Additional Info (as attachments):