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[Bug] AppFlowy 0.9.9 crashes with 'too many open files' #8225

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Bug Description

I have installed AppFlowy via snap, flatpak, and finally deb/dpkg as after upgrading the snap the app crashes a lot. I was finally able to get a console output from the deb package and it gives me the following error:

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(AppFlowy:138985): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 13:25:58.631: gdk_device_get_source: assertion 'GDK_IS_DEVICE (device)' failed
flutter: Error saving preferences to disk: FileSystemException: Cannot open file, path = '/home/user/.local/share/io.appflowy.appflowy/shared_preferences.json' (OS Error: Too many open files, errno = 24)
flutter: Error saving preferences to disk: FileSystemException: Cannot open file, path = '/home/user/.local/share/io.appflowy.appflowy/shared_preferences.json' (OS Error: Too many open files, errno = 24)
flutter: Error saving preferences to disk: FileSystemException: Cannot open file, path = '/home/user/.local/share/io.appflowy.appflowy/shared_preferences.json' (OS Error: Too many open files, errno = 24)
flutter: Error saving preferences to disk: FileSystemException: Cannot open file, path = '/home/user/.local/share/io.appflowy.appflowy/shared_preferences.json' (OS Error: Too many open files, errno = 24)
flutter: Error saving preferences to disk: FileSystemException: Cannot open file, path = '/home/user/.local/share/io.appflowy.appflowy/shared_preferences.json' (OS Error: Too many open files, errno = 24)

(AppFlowy:138985): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:25:59.017: Could not load a pixbuf from icon theme.
This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be found.
**
Gtk:ERROR:../../../gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:495:ensure_surface_for_gicon: assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load /usr/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Error opening file /usr/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Too many open files (g-io-error-quark, 31)
Bail out! Gtk:ERROR:../../../gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:495:ensure_surface_for_gicon: assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load /usr/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Error opening file /usr/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Too many open files (g-io-error-quark, 31)
Aborted

This is in Ubuntu 25.04

How to Reproduce

Launch AppFlowy, do stuff, do more stuff, and eventually the app will crash. It does not seem related to user input. Often it is when switching context back to the app.

Expected Behavior

That the app would not crash.

Operating System

Ubuntu 25.04

AppFlowy Version(s)

0.9.9

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Additional Context

Similar crash pattern across snap, flatpak, and deb.

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