Walker/Elephant is freezing when typing quickly or certain words

[NekoShinobi]

I currently have walker and elephant installed on EndeavourOS/arch on hyprland

Typing in certain or sometimes randomly will cause freezes. I also get microfreezing sometimes here and there, and this hasn't happened until recently (maybe last 2 weeks or so).

I didn't update my desktop initially, but my laptop had the newest versions which had the problem, and after updating my desktop, i now have it on there too. I initially had AUR elephant / elephant-* installed, but then swapped to elephant-all-bin. Normal walker for walker install

walker - 2.15.2-1
elephant - 2.20.3-1

The most annoying part is that I'm not able to kill -9 walker/elephant with immediate feedback. It usually takes a really long time before it'll respond to the kill command.

The most reliable way i was able to replicate was typing the word "libre" really fast into walker, which resulted in a freeze.

Usually have to kill elephant first, then pkill -9 walker and wait a very long time for it to close

I also tried clearing the cache, and my clipboard but that didn't seem to help. Debug logs don't really print anything in particular out of the ordinary search timings.

my config file looks like this

force_keyboard_focus = false    # forces keyboard forcus to stay in Walker
close_when_open = true          # close walker when invoking while already opened
click_to_close = true           # closes walker if clicking outside of the main content area
single_click_activation = true  # activate items with a single click opposed to a double click
selection_wrap = false          # wrap list if at bottom or top
global_argument_delimiter = "#" # query: firefox#https://benz.dev => part after delimiter will be ignored when querying. this should be the same as in the elephant config
exact_search_prefix = "'"       # disable fuzzy searching
theme = "custom"                # theme to use
disable_mouse = false           # disable mouse (on input and list only)
debug = false                   # enables debug printing for some stuff, f.e. keybinds
page_jump_items = 10            # number of items to skip with Page Up/Down
hide_quick_activation = true   # globally hide the quick activation buttons
hide_action_hints = true       # globally hide the action hints
hide_action_hints_dmenu = true  # hide the actions hints for dmenu
hide_return_action = true      # hide actions that are bound to Return
resume_last_query = false       # open walker with the last query in place
actions_as_menu = false         # display all possible actions in a submenu

[shell]
anchor_top = true
anchor_bottom = true
anchor_left = true
anchor_right = true

[columns]
"symbols" = 3

[placeholders]
"default" = { input = "Search", list = "No Results" } # placeholders for input and empty list, key is the providers name, so f.e. "desktopapplications" or "menus:other"

[keybinds]
close = ["Escape"]
next = ["Down"]
previous = ["Up"]
left = ["Left"]
right = ["Right"]
down = ["Down"]
up = ["Up"]
toggle_exact = ["ctrl e"]
resume_last_query = ["ctrl r"]
quick_activate = ["F1", "F2", "F3", "F4"]
page_down = ["Page_Down"]
page_up = ["Page_Up"]
show_actions = ["alt j"]

[providers]
default = [
  "desktopapplications",
  "calc",
  "files",
] # providers to be queried by default
empty = ["desktopapplications"] # providers to be queried when query is empty
ignore_preview = [] # providers that should not show previews
max_results = 50 # global max results

[providers.argument_delimiter] # define the argument delimiter per provider
runner = " "

[providers.sets] # define your own defaults/empty sets of providers
[providers.max_results_provider] # define max results per provider in here

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = ";"
provider = "providerlist"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = ">"
provider = "runner"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = "/"
provider = "files"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = "."
provider = "symbols"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = "!"
provider = "todo"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = "%"
provider = "bookmarks"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = "="
provider = "calc"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = "@"
provider = "websearch"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = ":"
provider = "clipboard"

[[providers.prefixes]]
prefix = "$"
provider = "windows"

[providers.clipboard]
time_format = "%d.%m. - %H:%M" # format for the clipboard item date

[providers.actions] # This will be MERGED/OVEWRITTEN with what the user specifies
fallback = [
  { action = "menus:open", label = "open", after = "Nothing" },
  { action = "menus:default", label = "run", after = "Close" },
  { action = "menus:parent", label = "back", bind = "Escape", after = "Nothing" },
  { action = "erase_history", label = "clear hist", bind = "ctrl h", after = "AsyncReload" },
]

dmenu = [{ action = "select", default = true, bind = "Return" }]

providerlist = [
  { action = "activate", default = true, bind = "Return", after = "ClearReload" },
]

bluetooth = [
  { action = "find", bind = "ctrl f", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "remove", bind = "ctrl d", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "trust", bind = "ctrl t", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "untrust", bind = "ctrl t", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "pair", bind = "Return", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "connect", default = true, bind = "Return", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "disconnect", default = true, bind = "Return", after = "AsyncReload" },
]

archlinuxpkgs = [
  { action = "install", bind = "Return", default = true },
  { action = "remove", bind = "Return" },
  { action = "show_all", label = "show all", bind = "ctrl i", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "refresh", label = "refresh", bind = "ctrl r", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "visit_url", label = "open URL", bind = "ctrl o" },
  { action = "show_installed", label = "show installed", bind = "ctrl i", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
]

calc = [
  { action = "copy", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "delete", bind = "ctrl d", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "save", bind = "ctrl s", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
]

websearch = [
  { action = "search", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "open_url", label = "open url", default = true, bind = "Return" },
]

desktopapplications = [
  { action = "start", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "start:keep", label = "open+next", bind = "shift Return", after = "KeepOpen" },
  { action = "new_instance", label = "new instance", bind = "ctrl Return" },
  { action = "new_instance:keep", label = "new+next", bind = "ctrl alt Return", after = "KeepOpen" },
  { action = "pin", bind = "ctrl p", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "unpin", bind = "ctrl p", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "pinup", bind = "ctrl n", after = "AsyncReload" },
  { action = "pindown", bind = "ctrl m", after = "AsyncReload" },
]

dnfpackages = [
  { action = "install", label = "Install Package", bind = "Return", default = true },
  { action = "remove", label = "Remove Package", bind = "Return", default = true },
  { action = "show_all", label = "Show All", bind = "ctrl i", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "show_installed", label = "Show Installed", bind = "ctrl i", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "refresh", label = "Refresh", bind = "ctrl r", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "visit_url", label = "Open URL", bind = "ctrl o" },
]

files = [
  { action = "open", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "opendir", label = "open dir", bind = "ctrl Return" },
  { action = "copypath", label = "copy path", bind = "ctrl shift c" },
  { action = "copyfile", label = "copy file", bind = "ctrl c" },
  { action = "localsend", label = "localsend", bind = "ctrl l" },
  { action = "refresh_index", label = "reload", bind = "ctrl r", after = "AsyncReload" },
]

1password = [
  { action = "copy_password", label = "copy password", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "copy_username", label = "copy username", bind = "shift Return" },
  { action = "copy_2fa", label = "copy 2fa", bind = "ctrl Return" },
]

todo = [
  { action = "save", default = true, bind = "Return", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "save_next", label = "save & new", bind = "shift Return", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "delete", bind = "ctrl d", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "active", default = true, bind = "Return", after = "Nothing" },
  { action = "inactive", default = true, bind = "Return", after = "Nothing" },
  { action = "done", bind = "ctrl f", after = "Nothing" },
  { action = "change_category", bind = "ctrl y", label = "change category", after = "Nothing" },
  { action = "clear", bind = "ctrl x", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "create", bind = "ctrl a", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "search", bind = "ctrl a", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
]

runner = [
  { action = "run", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "runterminal", label = "run in terminal", bind = "shift Return" },
]

symbols = [
  { action = "run_cmd", label = "select", default = true, bind = "Return" },
]

unicode = [
  { action = "run_cmd", label = "select", default = true, bind = "Return" },
]

nirisessions = [
  { action = "start", label = "start", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "start_new", label = "start blank", bind = "ctrl Return" },
]

clipboard = [
  { action = "copy", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "remove", bind = "ctrl d", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "remove_all", label = "clear", bind = "ctrl shift d", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "show_images_only", label = "only images", bind = "ctrl i", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "show_text_only", label = "only text", bind = "ctrl i", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "show_combined", label = "show all", bind = "ctrl i", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "pause", bind = "ctrl p" },
  { action = "unpause", bind = "ctrl p" },
  { action = "edit", bind = "ctrl o" },
  { action = "localsend", bind = "ctrl l" },
]

bookmarks = [
  { action = "save", bind = "Return", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "open", default = true, bind = "Return" },
  { action = "delete", bind = "ctrl d", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "change_category", label = "Change category", bind = "ctrl y", after = "Nothing" },
  { action = "change_browser", label = "Change browser", bind = "ctrl b", after = "Nothing" },
  { action = "import", label = "Import", bind = "ctrl i", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "create", bind = "ctrl a", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
  { action = "search", bind = "ctrl a", after = "AsyncClearReload" },
]