https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169711
Bug ID: 169711
Summary: Crash on macOS when running LibreOffice headless via
Terminal without GUI
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: ARM
OS: macOS (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
When loading /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice via script
without being logged in for the GUI, the macOS process crashes.
As far as I see in the source code, the AquaSalInstance constructor creates
some controls like a NSComboBox. But that triggers initialization of
WMClientWindowManager, which calls an XPC connection to the window manager.
That fails and the ap is killed.
Could LibreOffice be improved to see the "--headless" command line option early
and then maybe not create windows/controls to avoid this?
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Login via Terminal to a user without GUI. Or login via ssh.
2.run soffice executable
3.it crashes
Actual Results:
crash with _xpc_api_misuse in the crash log.
Expected Results:
it works :-)
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
Additional Info:
the crash report:
Process: soffice [3694]
Path: /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice
Identifier: org.libreoffice.script
Version: 25.8.3.2 (25.8.3.2)
Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)
Parent Process: fmsased [2094]
Responsible: fmserver_helperd [1901]
User ID: 502
Date/Time: 2025-11-27 15:11:51.7618 +0100
OS Version: macOS 15.5 (24F74)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 10EDCFAD-31C7-5E59-A421-416CEB1E8D21
Time Awake Since Boot: 1100 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: WMClientWindowManager
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000018f7bc77c
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 5 Trace/BPT trap: 5
Terminating Process: exc handler [3694]
Application Specific Signatures:
API Misuse
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: WMClientWindowManager
0 libxpc.dylib 0x18f7bc77c _xpc_api_misuse + 92
1 libxpc.dylib 0x18f79a33c
xpc_connection_set_target_uid + 216
2 WindowManagement 0x270b4ac58
-[WMClientWindowManager _createXPCConnection] + 1004
3 WindowManagement 0x270b4b834
-[WMClientWindowManager _xpcConnection] + 116
4 WindowManagement 0x270b48e48
__31-[WMClientWindowManager stages]_block_invoke + 36
5 libdispatch.dylib 0x18f8f485c
_dispatch_client_callout + 16
6 libdispatch.dylib 0x18f8ea7a8
_dispatch_lane_barrier_sync_invoke_and_complete + 56
7 WindowManagement 0x270b48d90
-[WMClientWindowManager stages] + 300
8 AppKit 0x1947c2734
__54-[NSWMWindowCoordinator initializeStageFramesIfNeeded]_block_invoke + 32
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x18f8f485c
_dispatch_client_callout + 16
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x18f8dda28
_dispatch_once_callout + 32
11 AppKit 0x1947c26e0
-[NSWMWindowCoordinator initializeStageFramesIfNeeded] + 304
12 AppKit 0x193ab5aa8 -[NSWindow
_commonInitFrame:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 692
13 AppKit 0x193ab5494 -[NSWindow
_initContent:styleMask:backing:defer:contentView:] + 848
14 AppKit 0x193ab5138 -[NSWindow
initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 48
15 AppKit 0x193d5c318 -[NSComboBoxWindow
initWithContentRect:comboBoxCell:] + 88
16 AppKit 0x193d5bd10 -[NSComboBoxCell
initPopUpWindow] + 892
17 AppKit 0x193dad2d4 -[NSComboBoxCell
initTextCell:] + 100
18 libvclplug_osxlo.dylib 0x10501fd10
AquaSalInstance::AquaSalInstance() + 440
19 libvclplug_osxlo.dylib 0x10501fae8 create_SalInstance +
248
20 libmergedlo.dylib 0x10a72a02c (anonymous
namespace)::tryInstance(rtl::OUString const&, bool) + 208
21 libmergedlo.dylib 0x10a729df4 CreateSalInstance()
+ 252
22 libmergedlo.dylib 0x10a779550 InitVCL() + 140
23 libmergedlo.dylib 0x10a779384 ImplSVMain() + 324
24 libmergedlo.dylib 0x1097b9504 soffice_main + 208
25 soffice 0x10008851c main + 20
26 dyld 0x18f6f2b98 start + 6076
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