`create web document from` has problems with redirects

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1

Run this:

	tell application id "DNtp"
		create web document from  "http://picturelife.com"
	end tell

And DEVONthink will just time out, however the URL is just a redirect.

Happens on High Sierra and Mojave.

2

This might be related to The web clipper somehow eats huge amounts of resources - DEVONthink / Feedback - DEVONtechnologies Community.

Seems to challenge the Webclipper as well. %-\

3

It’s not an issue of the redirect, the website freezes the WebKit framework. This causes also the insane memory usage. Since 10.15.5 (or 10.15.4?) the WebKit isn’t that reliable anymore unfortunately.

4

So what can be done?

5

Unfortunately nothing at the moment, it’s an internal issue of this framework. A future release might kill the background process after the timeout but the creation would still fail.

6

Alright I exclude documents like this then. - But a safe kill would be good. :smile: