I just noticed that there was a commit 3c14db868574c97eff0eb0df7a72a618d5517292 that might have fixed it. The linked bug report seems to sound very similar to what I experienced. Thanks! http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/88673 Ethan On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Ethan wrote: > Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the advice Nicolas. Today I tried to > reproduce it with the same file and couldn't. However, I have hit the bug > (whatever it is) without org-log-done 'time, so I guess that was a red > herring. I'll keep an eye on it. > > Ethan > > > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 3:50 AM, Nicolas Goaziou > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Ethan writes: >> >> > I'm running org-mode from git (version "8.3beta"), and recently I >> started >> > to get hangs in org files. >> >> First ensure you're using the latest Org revision. A lot of changes >> happened between "release_8.3beta" tag and HEAD. >> >> > The bug has been tricky to track down. I can reproduce it reliably in >> one >> > particular file by switching DONE to TODO on one particular heading. >> > Changing DONE to TODO on another nearby heading doesn't seem to cause >> the >> > problem. For this reason, I don't have a minimal example. >> > >> > It doesn't happen in org-mode in stock emacs. It also doesn't happen, >> even >> > with org-mode from git, if I disable my '(org-log-done 'time) >> > customization. I managed to get a backtrace using gdb (attached). I can >> > provide (off-list) the .org file that I used to induce the failure. >> >> If you can reproduce the problem with an up-to-date Org, I'm interested >> in the org file. You can also consider calling the function below first >> >> (defun ngz-scramble-contents () >> "Copy current buffer, preserving structure but not contents. >> The copy is done in \"*Scrambled text*\" buffer. The function >> assumes current major mode is `org-mode'." >> (interactive) >> (let ((tree (org-element-parse-buffer))) >> (org-element-map tree '(code comment comment-block example-block >> fixed-width >> keyword link node-property plain-text >> verbatim) >> (lambda (obj) >> (case (org-element-type obj) >> ((code comment comment-block example-block fixed-width keyword >> node-property verbatim) >> (let ((value (org-element-property :value obj))) >> (org-element-put-property >> obj :value (replace-regexp-in-string "[[:alnum:]]" "x" >> value)))) >> (link >> (unless (string= (org-element-property :type obj) "radio") >> (org-element-put-property obj :raw-link " >> http://orgmode.org"))) >> (plain-text >> (org-element-set-element >> obj (replace-regexp-in-string "[[:alnum:]]" "x" obj))))) >> nil nil nil t) >> (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create "*Scrambled text*"))) >> (with-current-buffer buffer >> (insert (org-element-interpret-data tree)) >> (goto-char (point-min))) >> (switch-to-buffer buffer)))) >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Nicolas Goaziou >> > >