After 0.12.1 -> 0.13.1 update "Activity" page doesn't show AFK/Window/Browser events

[AlexanderMakarov]

• I am on the latest ActivityWatch version.
• I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate.

• Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.33:
• v0.13.1:

Describe the bug

After updating from v0.12.1 to v0.13.1 on http://localhost:5600/#/activity/host_name/view/ nothing is displayed in "Summary", "Window", "Browser" tabs. Only "Editor" tab shows data.

While on http://localhost:5600/#/timeline I see all events, there are window and AFK events in http://localhost:5600/#/buckets. Other pages also work. From errors in log I see only Gtk-Message: 09:31:31.782: Failed to load module "xapp-gtk3-module" which doesn't look relevant.

Default configuration in "/home/user/.config/activitywatch" (everything is commented out). Default Views configuration on http://localhost:5600/#/activity/host_name/view/

To Reproduce

1. Use 0.12.1 version some time. Installed from sources.
2. Download https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/releases/download/v0.13.1/activitywatch-v0.13.1-linux-x86_64.zip
3. Remove "/home/user/activitywatch/" and unpack ZIP into it.
4. Run /home/user/activitywatch/./aw-qt and go to http://localhost:5600/#/activity/host_name/view/

Expected behavior

(from old v0.12.1 which I have to revert back)

Actual behavior

Documentation

Additional context

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[qcol]

It's the same with me. At first it didn't show any data, I changed to server-rust (I used that before), after restart it shows the old data but doesn't register new data. Ubuntu 22.04 (xubuntu).

[qcol]

In my case the xapp is installed, so this is probably not the cause (I don't see such an error in the logs).

[qcol]

It's the same with me. At first it didn't show any data, I changed to server-rust (I used that before), after restart it shows the old data but doesn't register new data. Ubuntu 22.04 (xubuntu).

edit: sorry, events are recorded! (I see it in Timeline, However, I do not see them in the main chart view. Exactly the same as Alexander) .
edit 2: in Timeline it is web-chrome watcher, not window

Interestingly, in the log I have that the process has been killed. This makes it all the more strange, as events do register though.

2024-06-21 09:04:11 [INFO ]: aw-watcher-window started  (aw_watcher_window.main:62)
2024-06-21 09:04:12 [INFO ]: window-watcher stopped because parent process died  (aw_watcher_window.main:101)
2024-06-21 09:04:12 [INFO ]: Connection to aw-server established by aw-watcher-window  (aw_client.client:447)

If I go back to 0.12.16beta which worked fine, now the charts don't display to me either (blank).

Isn't this related to the fact that settings are now saved differently?

It is possible that the problem is related to the XFCE Environment (as well as the icon in the tray, which I also cannot get for several versions)

[qcol]

I have found the solution! I had forgotten that I was using the scripts for Gnome in the previous version:
https://docs.activitywatch.net/en/latest/running-on-gnome.html#running-on-gnome

These scripts also apply to XFCE-based environments (e.g. Xubuntu)

The problem is probably related to the tray icon which I could never get in the last versions either. Therefore activitywatch also works run with the --no-gui option, as described here:
#960 (comment)

[AlexanderMakarov]

Therefore activitywatch also works run with the --no-gui option, as described here:
#960 (comment)

Unfortunately it is not related issue. At least I've tried and it didn't work.

Because I don't see logs

window-watcher stopped
afkwatcher stopped

They are actually working - I may see events in "Timeline". But I can't see events on "Activity" page (except "Editor" ones). Issue is just in this page, not in the events gathering/filtering system.

[Humam-Hamdan]

had the same issue, tried it without waylad... it worked. (ubuntu 24.04 LTS)

[Pineapplenuts]

I have similar issue where it doesn't detect browser usage and considers in browser streaming content as away from keyboard resulting in everything being inaccurate.

[vitaut7]

Hi, i have the same problem
OS: Windows 10
aw_watcher_window.log:

2024-07-15 21:30:17 [ERROR]: Exception thrown while trying to get active window (aw_watcher_window.main:124)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "aw_watcher_window\main.py", line 106, in heartbeat_loop
File "aw_watcher_window\lib.py", line 70, in get_current_window
File "aw_watcher_window\lib.py", line 39, in get_current_window_windows
File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod02_importers.py", line 419, in exec_module
File "aw_watcher_window\windows.py", line 5, in
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32api: The specified procedure could not be found.